Jun 25, 2012 by Natali Anderson

A new study has shown that parental behavior of male blue tits is determined by female ornamentation, as previously predicted by the differential allocation...

Jun 21, 2012 by Natali Anderson

The lyrebird is the reigning king of karaoke in the bird world, Australian researchers have discovered. The Superb Lyrebird, Menura novaehollandiae, in...

Jun 8, 2012 by News Staff

Scientists at the University of California in Santa Cruz have found why insects got smaller despite rising oxygen levels about 150 million years ago. This...

May 31, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

Scientists have found prehistoric birds that disappeared 65 million years ago may have employed flight styles different to their modern-day counterparts. In...

May 23, 2012 by Natali Anderson

It’s quite common for a female song sparrow to stray from her breeding partner and mate with the male next door, but a new study by an international...

May 14, 2012 by News Staff

Australian researchers have found that bird species with multiple plumage color forms within in the same population evolve into new species faster than...

Apr 23, 2012 by Natali Anderson

An international team of researchers has found the first evidence of a non-human species cultivating plants for use other than as food. Spotted Bowerbird,...

Mar 24, 2012 by News Staff

An international team of paleontologists has discovered a new species of fossil scops owl, the first extinct bird on the archipelago of Madeira, Portugal. Illustration...

Feb 28, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of researchers from the University of Warwick and Indiana University has found that humans move between patches in their memory using the same strategy...

Dec 20, 2011 by Natali Anderson

An international team of ornithologists has discovered the breeding area for the extremely rare bird Black-throated blue robin (Luscinia obscura) in Shaanxi...

Dec 11, 2011 by James Freeman

Researchers from Université de La Réunion, Réunion, have found that Barau’s petrels synchronize their migration with the full Moon when travel...

Dec 8, 2011 by News Staff

US researchers found that Kirtland’s warblers like to live in young forests and forests that have been on fire, stated in a press release from NASA’s...

Sep 20, 2011 by Natali Anderson

Scientists have found that larger groups of great and blue tits are better at solving problems than smaller ones, according to a press release of Oxford...

Sep 9, 2011 by Natali Anderson

The cause of loud sounds generated by males of some hummingbird species has been identified for the first time. A paper published in the September 9 issue...

Sep 7, 2011 by James Freeman

Scientists from Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Tianyu Museum of Nature in Shandong Province, China, and University of Kansas...