Models suggest that the effects of climate change will devastate the already threatened Timneh Parrot.
Articles on Birds
Displaying 381 - 400 of 646 articles
Ancient poo from bats and birds can tell you what type of vegetation they were feeding on at that time.
Why some individuals age faster than others is a mystery, but new research suggests help with childcare is significant.
A yolk allows a developing animal to stay in an egg longer, boosting its chance of survival. The downside is the mother has to work hard finding extra food so her body can create a nutritious yolk.
New research finds birds like to forage for fish in the wake of a tidal power plant.
Birds have some of the most amazing sex differences of any animal. They can control the sex of offspring, and even produce rare half-male, half-females. And their sex genes and chromosomes are quite different from ours.
Chemical pollution and hunting pushed Ospreys to the edge of extinction in the mid-20th century. Today, they have rebounded and can be spotted worldwide, often nesting on manmade structures.
Biologists investigated whether birds that search for multiple mates would evolve ever more elaborate songs to attract them. What they found might have surprised Darwin.
The birds follow a few simple rules to create complex patterns.
One gram of songbird meat is estimated to sell for the equivalent of one gram of marijuana.
Keeping urban habitats such as parks neat and tidy by removing dead wood and leaves is driving the species which live there to extinction.
Robins are a much loved Christmas icon, but wind turbines installed in their habitat are affecting their song, with worrying consequences.
By looking closely at traits like wing feathers and spot patterns, a computer scientist trained an algorithm to recognize individual woodpeckers.
Pink pigeons may make more charismatic subjects for our adoration, but their feral relatives who keep us company in towns and cities are just as deserving.
It can actually be very tricky to define a species, but in the 1900s, scientists found a pretty good way.
New research has shown how to measure conservation progress for Australia’s 238 endangered bird species
Even when birds are not flying in a flock, they may observe each other to sense the world around them.
A new type of Archaeopteryx fossil helps build the case for this creature being called ‘the first bird’.
Like reptiles, birds do not have two separate exits from the body. They have one, called the cloaca. It is quite similar to the human anus but the cloaca expels both indigestible bits and toxins.
As both beneficiary and victim of EU policies, yellowhammers are apt symbols for Brexit’s divisions.
Top contributors
-
Professor of Avian Behavioural Ecology, Macquarie University
-
Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University
-
Emeritus Professor in Animal Behaviour, University of New England
-
Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
-
Postdoctoral Fellow, Australian National University
-
Senior Research Scientist, South Australian Museum; Flinders University
-
Professor in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
-
Researcher, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
-
Distinguished Professor of Ecology, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
-
Associate Professor, FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town
-
Adjunct Lecturer/ Ecologist, University of New England
-
Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
-
Associate Professor in Vertebrate Palaeontology, Flinders University
-
Reader in Ecology and Conservation Biology, Manchester Metropolitan University
-
Professor of Evolutionary and Conservation Biology, Australian National University