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Why are some birds more intelligent than others?

Published: 1 August 2022

If you鈥檝e ever seen a starling peck open a garbage bag or a grackle steal your dog pellets, you get a sense that some birds have learned to take advantage of new feeding opportunities 鈥 a clear...

Arctic seabirds are less heat tolerant, more vulnerable to climate change

Published: 7 July 2021

The Arctic is warming at approximately twice the global rate. A new study led by researchers from 看片视频 University finds that cold-adapted Arctic species, like the thick-billed murre, are...

Reduction in wetland areas will affect Afrotropical migratory waterbirds

Published: 30 April 2021

Migratory waterbirds are particularly exposed to the effects of climate change at their breeding areas in the High Arctic and in Africa, according to a new study published in Bird Conservation...

Well-built muscles underlie athletic performance in birds

Published: 15 January 2021

Muscle structure and body size predict the athletic performance of Olympic athletes, such as sprinters. The same, it appears, is true of wild seabirds that can commute hundreds of kilometres a day...

Bat-winged dinosaurs that could glide

Published: 22 October 2020

Despite having bat-like wings, two small dinosaurs, Yi and Ambopteryx, struggled to fly, only managing to glide clumsily between the trees where they lived, according to a new study led by an...

CTV NEWS | Some dinosaurs were flying before there were birds, new research suggests

Published: 13 August 2020

Biologists now have a better idea of the origin of birds and the evolution of flight, two iconic events in the history of life on earth, thanks to work by a group of international scientists...

Expert: World Migratory Bird Day | May 9

Published: 5 May 2020

World Migratory Bird Day聽is May 9. The Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), the African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) and Environment for the Americas (EFTA) have joined forces to...

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