birds
Echoes Of An Ancient Bird
The super-elongated windpipe of a fossilized ‘coiled chicken’ suggests that the bird produced a deep and loud call.
Identifying Bird Species With Just A Click
Building upon technology used to identify music, researchers have successfully classified ten bird species native to India based on their calls and songs.
Do The Tropics Have More Colorful Birds? Not Really.
Birds in the tropics do not evolve to be particularly more colorful than their cousins in temperate climates, a study finds.
Body Size And Flight Style Determine How Far Birds Migrate
Larger flapping birds, such as cranes, geese, and swans migrate shorter distances than soaring birds such as raptors, vultures, and albatrosses.
When Budgies Play Chicken
To avoid mid-air collisions, budgies always veer right, a tactic that could inform the design of autonomous flying drones.
Birds Of A Feather Sound Like Each Other
Scientists have found familial differences in the earliest vocal babblings of juvenile songbirds, suggesting a hereditary cause for these variances.
Zebra Finch Parents’ Song Prepare Unborn Chicks For Global Warming
A zebrafinch’s dulcet tones can help the unborn chicks in its eggs prepare for a warmer environment, a study suggests.
For Some Female Birds, Home Is More Important Than Husband
Female purple-crowned fairy-wrens are in such fierce competition over territory that they are willing to ‘divorce’ their male partners for a better patch, a study shows.
The Song Of The Songbird
To aid in song learning, specific neurons in the brains of young zebra finches respond to their father’s singing.
