Research suggests our names for birds reflect our changing relationship with the natural world: here’s why that matters
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In healthy populations, the song of regent honeyeaters is complex and long. But where the population is very small, the song is sadly diminished.
For the past 50 years, international animal cognition research has focused on how tool use is related to animal intelligence. But new research casts doubt on long-held assumptions.
Three scientists describe the fieldwork they’ve had to delay in 2020 because of the pandemic. These are setbacks not just for their careers, but for the body of scientific knowledge.
Climate change is affecting our planet’s biodiversity, yet some species can find ways to adapt. Using citizen-science data, a French research team is studying how birds adjust to local heat levels.
The Canadian Prairies are vanishing more quickly than the Amazon rainforest as they are converted for agriculture and industrial uses.
The New Zealand robin has learnt to hide left-over food for later consumption, and it turns out that male birds with the best spatial memory have the greatest breeding success.
Could mating preferences, like females preferring males who sing complex songs, affect the evolution of learning? Insights from birds could have clues for how people learn throughout their lives.
Why some individuals age faster than others is a mystery, but new research suggests help with childcare is significant.
A collection of millions of bird sightings has identified the best places to invest in conservation.
The mouse who tidied the shed he lives in fascinated human viewers, but cleanliness isn’t a virtue unique to humans.
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.
One gram of songbird meat is estimated to sell for the equivalent of one gram of marijuana.
Robins are a much loved Christmas icon, but wind turbines installed in their habitat are affecting their song, with worrying consequences.
The Trump administration wants to step up logging, saying it will benefit wildlife by reducing forest fire risks. But wildfires create habitat for threatened Spotted Owls and many other species.
Both male and female birds sing to impress other birds, but as well as that, they do it for pleasure!
The number of Cape Rockjumpers’ are declining and the reason might be the weather.
Effective conservation of migratory songbirds requires an understanding of how populations are connected between seasons. The challenge is being able to track individuals throughout the entire year.
In our increasingly noisy world, how do you make sure that your voice is heard? If you’re a bird, that depends on the type of noise and what you’re trying to say.
New research reveals how birds navigate their way over thousands of miles.
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Professor of Avian Behavioural Ecology, Macquarie University
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Research Affiliate, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Animal Behaviour, Bangor University
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Emeritus Professor in Animal Behaviour, University of New England
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Vanderbilt University
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Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University
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Ph.D. Candidate in Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University
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Associate Professor, Biology, Ecology and Conservation, St. George's University
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Postdoctoral Fellow studying ornithology and conservation biology, University of Alberta
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Senior Lecturer in Zoology, Bangor University
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Professor of Ethno-ornithology, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor, Member of the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, University of Guelph
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Professor of Applied Ecology, Newcastle University