How Do Birds Know When to Migrate?
Lengthening days set off a cascade of events in migratory birds that culminates in the birth of a clutch of chicks.....»»
From "boops" to "unks," how scientists are using fish sounds to conserve underwater ecosystems
Cows moo. Wolves howl. Birds tweet. And fish, it turns out, make all sorts of ruckus......»»
Study identifies virus responsible for high mortality rate among pigeons in São Paulo City
In 2019, not long before the unusual weather event that changed day into night in São Paulo City (Brazil), dozens of pigeons mysteriously dropped dead. Birds displaying wounds as well as neurological symptoms were found dead or dying near the muni.....»»
In bird couples, who is taking care of the kids?
Sex roles in birds describe sex differences in courtship, mate competition, social pair-bonds, and parental care. Different explanations have been put forward to explain these differences but none are based on a comprehensive study. Therefore, an int.....»»
Do birds have language? It depends on how you define it
Scientists find some parallels with human speech in cheeps and trills of birdsong. Enlarge / Zebra finches sitting together on a tree branch and sunning. (credit: sagarmanis | Getty Images) In our quest to find what makes huma.....»»
Body measurements for all 11,000 bird species released in open-access database
A new database called AVONET contains measurements of more than 90,000 individual birds, allowing researchers to test theories and aid conservation......»»
What bird beaks say about tropical biodiversity
Areas of the globe where fruit-eating birds have wider beaks also have larger palm fruits, a new study shows. This sounds banal, but it provides new insights into tropical biodiversity and clues for solving species conservation, forest restoration an.....»»
Bethesda To Retire Its Game Launcher, Migrate Titles Over To Steam
Bethesda on Tuesday announced that it will retire its Bethesda.net Launcher later this year and migrate fans' game libraries and wallets to Steam. As Polygon notes, the launcher has since 2016 "served as a place for players to purchase and launch gam.....»»
Avian influenza confirmed in several Florida wild bird species, state says
Federal scientists have confirmed cases of an infectious avain flu strain in several species of Florida birds, the state announced Tuesday......»»
Bringing out the best in wild birds on farms
A supportive environment can bring out the best in an individual—even for a bird......»»
Altruism in birds? Magpies have outwitted scientists by helping each other remove tracking devices
When we attached tiny, backpack-like tracking devices to five Australian magpies for a pilot study, we didn't expect to discover an entirely new social behavior rarely seen in birds......»»
Following the inner compass: How birds find their ways to foreign lands
How migratory animals find their way to the wintering grounds, thousands of kilometers apart from their breeding ground, is a fascinating riddle of nature. Previous studies have suggested they possibly follow the geomagnetic field lines and olfactory.....»»
Bethesda is sunsetting its launcher, moving games to Steam
Bethesda.net is shutting down and users can migrate all of their games, game saves, and virtual currencies over to Steam starting in April......»»
Bethesda kills its game launcher, will migrate users to Steam
Account migration to Steam will start happening from April, while Steam is also tackling 'fake' game discounts......»»
Magpies Have Outwitted Scientists by Helping Each Other Remove Tracking Devices
An anonymous reader shares a report: When we attached tiny, backpack-like tracking devices to five Australian magpies for a pilot study, we didn't expect to discover an entirely new social behaviour rarely seen in birds. Our goal was to learn more ab.....»»
Sex chromosomes of birds as reservoir for jumping genes
Occurring in the genomes of most living organisms, transposable elements (TEs) are short DNA sequences that have the ability change their position. By means of various molecular mechanisms—so-called copy-paste or cut-and-paste—they can 'jump' to.....»»
IDMs migrating to 12-inch fabs for car-use MOSFET, IGBT chips
International integrated design manufacturers (IDMs) are taking the lead to migrate from 8-inch wafer fabs to 12-inch fabs for the production of high-margin automotive metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) and insulated gate bipo.....»»
Pollination by birds can be advantageous
Why have some plant species changed pollinators in their evolution? An international team of researchers from the Universities of Bonn and Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Suzhou (China) studied the reproductive systems of three sister species pai.....»»
New fossil birds discovered near China"s Great Wall – one had a movable, sensitive "chin"
Approximately 80 miles from the westernmost reach of China's Great Wall, paleontologists found relics of an even more ancient world. Over the last two decades, teams of researchers unearthed more than 100 specimens of fossil birds that lived approxim.....»»
Weathering climate change may be easier for birds with big brains
Brain size is associated with some species shrinking more slowly than others. Enlarge / Could this guy's mental abilities be staving off some of the impact of climate change? (credit: Andrew Howe) Many bird species are slowly.....»»
Officials: Avian flu strain at Indiana farm hasn"t spread
A strain of avian flu that can cause high mortality rates among birds hasn't spread to neighboring farms since it was confirmed at a commercial turkey farm in southern Indiana, state officials said Thursday......»»