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Published Cocaine trafficking threatens critical bird habitats
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source In addition to its human consequences, cocaine trafficking harms the environment and threatens habit...
Published Surveilling wetlands for infectious bird flu -- and finding it
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Recently, morning omelets and holiday dinners have gotten more expensive. One likely cause is bird f ...
Published Study uncovers major hidden human-driven bird extinctions
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Humans have wiped out around 1,400 bird species -- twice as many as previously thought -- with major ...
Published Small birds spice up the already diverse diet of spotted hyenas in Namibia
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Hyenas are generalist predators (and scavengers) with a broad range of prey species. They are known...
Published Australia's most at-risk bird species share some common traits
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Australian birds that live on islands are among the species most at risk of extinction, a first-of-i ...
Published Scientists pinpoint growth of brain's cerebellum as key to evolution of bird flight
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Evolutionary biologists report they have combined PET scans of modern pigeons along with studies of...
Published The hidden rule for flight feathers -- and how it could reveal which dinosaurs could fly
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Scientists examined hundreds of birds in museum collections and discovered a suite of feather charac ...
Published We've had bird evolution all wrong
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Genomic anamolies dating back to the time of the dinosaurs misled scientists about the evolutionary...
Published Mass extinction 66 million years ago triggered rapid evolution of bird genomes
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Study finds that the mass extinction caused by an asteroid about 66 million years ago led to critica...
Published Deforestation limits nesting habitat for cavity-nesting birds
(via sciencedaily.com) A new study of cavity-nesting birds in Ecuador shows the influence of deforestation on their habitat ...
Published National parks support wildlife inside and outside their borders
(via sciencedaily.com) Fresh research suggests that national parks enhance bird diversity inside their borders. Large parks ...
Published Fossil shows how penguins' wings evolved
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A tiny fossil penguin plays a huge role in the evolutionary history of the bird, an international st ...
Published Why this bird flu is different: Scientists say new avian influenza requires urgent coordinated response - Why This Bird Flu is Different: Scientists Say New Avian Influenza Requires Urgent Coordinated Response
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A new study tracks arrival and spread of highly pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) decimating wild bi...
Published Urban light pollution linked to smaller eyes in birds
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The bright lights of big cities could be causing an evolutionary adaptation for smaller eyes in some...
Published Island birds more adaptable than previously thought
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The researchers found that birds were more evolutionarily similar on smaller, more isolated islands ...
Published Bringing back an ancient bird
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Using ancient DNA extracted from the toe bone of a museum specimen, biologists have sequenced the ge...
Published Smallest shifting fastest: Bird species body size predicts rate of change in a warming world - Smallest Shifting Fastest: How Bird Species Body Size Predicts Rate of Change in a Warming World
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Birds across the Americas are getting smaller and longer-winged as the world warms, and the smallest ...
Published Wild birds lead people to honey -- and learn from them
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A study finds the greater honeyguide can learn distinct vocal signals to help people in Africa locat...
Published Birders and AI push bird conservation to the next level
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Big data and artificial intelligence (AI) are being used to model hidden patterns in nature, not jus...
Published Scientists, farmers and managers work together to avoid the decline of the little bustard, an endangered steppe bird
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The collaboration between scientists, farmers and managers is crucial to improve the protection of t...