Researchers have discovered that massive beaks and strong bites hinder the velocity of beak movement in songbirds. The musical differences that result may have consequences for evolution.
Articles on Darwin's finches
Displaying all articles
Finches have evolved to feed off blood from red-footed and Nazca boobies – and we’ve seen it first-hand.
An infestation as a chick leads to enlarged nostrils in the beak of Darwin finches, and that affects their mating call.
When a bird species is threatened by nest parasites, you might think the logical next step is to fumigate – unsurprisingly, though, physically spraying nests (as you might spray an infested house) is disruptive…
Darwin’s finches, a group of 14 species found only in the Galapagos Islands, are perhaps most well known as one of the inspirations for Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection. A classic…
Top contributors
-
Professor of Animal Behaviour, Flinders University
-
Assistant Professor of Zoology, State University of New York Oswego
-
PhD researcher, University of Utah
-
Lecturer in Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong
-
Assistant professor, Brock University
-
PhD candidate in the Functional Morphology Lab, University of Antwerp
-
Assistant Professor, Ecology and Evolution, San Francisco State University