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Published Analysis of dinosaur eggshells: Bird-like Troodon laid 4 to 6 eggs in a communal nest - Analysis of Dinosaur Eggshells: Bird-like Troodon Laid 4 to 6 Eggs in a Communal Nest


An international research team has determined that Troodon, a dinosaur very close to modern birds, w ...
Published Seabirds in the eye of the storm - Seabirds in the Eye of the Storm: How Climate Change is Affecting Our Feathered Friends


Hurricanes are becoming more intense due to the climate crisis. Therefore, researchers have studied...
Published Behavior is the secret to success for a range expansion



While many species are undergoing drastic declines in their numbers and geographic ranges, other spe...
Published Death is only the beginning: Birds disperse eaten insects' eggs



Relationship patterns among flightless stick insects suggest that birds disperse the eggs after eati ...
Published Ruffed grouse population more resilient than expected, genetic study finds



Despite decades of decline, a genetic analysis of ruffed grouse reveals that Pennsylvania's state bi...
Published Thousands of birds and fish threatened by mining for clean energy transition, study finds



Our increasing demand for metals and minerals is putting over four thousand vertebrate species at ri...
Published Clever lapwings use cover to hide in plain sight



Ground-nesting birds called lapwings use the shape of their nests and surroundings to hide from pred ...
Published Earliest known European common hippopotamus fossil reveals their Middle Pleistocene dispersal



Modern hippos first dispersed in Europe during the Middle Pleistocene, according to a new study....
Published Can cities make room for woodpeckers? - Can Cities Make Room for Woodpeckers?



Researchers are deploying the latest mapping techniques to identify the most important suburban habi...
Published First 'warm-blooded' dinosaurs may have emerged 180 million years ago



The ability to regulate body temperature, a trait all mammals and birds have today, may have evolved ...
Published Temperature variability reduces nesting success



Many songbirds are nesting earlier in spring because of warmer temperatures brought about by climate...
Published Widespread population collapse of African Raptors



An international team of researchers has found that Africa's birds of prey are facing an extinction ...
Published Lyrebird synchronizes elements of its mating dance



To woo a mate, the Albert's Lyrebird of Australia becomes a real song-and-dance bird. Each male firs ...
Published Dinosaur study challenges Bergmann's rule



A new study calls into question Bergmann's rule, an 1800s-era scientific principle stating that anim...
Published Plants offer fruit to insects to disperse dust-like seeds



Fruit exist to invite animals to disperse the swallowed seeds. A research team found that plants tar...
Published Most species are rare, but not very rare



More than 100 years of observations in nature have revealed a universal pattern of species abundance...
Published Bewick's swans choose wintering areas based on the weather



Bewickâs swans fly less far during their autumn migration when the weather is warm. Climate change h...
Published New insect genus discovered in one of the most biodiverse rain forest regions in the world



The Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve in Peru has often been described as the most biodiverse rain...
Published Endangered seabird shows surprising individual flexibility to adapt to climate change



New research finds that individual behavioural flexibility and not evolutionary selection is driving...
Published Early Homo sapiens facilitated the establishment of the Bonelli's eagle in the Mediterranean 50,000 years ago



Scientists have unraveled the ancestral history of one of the most iconic birds of prey in the curre ...