Birds

Paleontologists have been trying to solve the puzzle on the evolutionary lost of teeth and acquired break instead. Now a study published in Nature, put together pieces of previous new studies to further shed lights. […]

It has been proposed that birds spread fungi to new environment and in return fungi help woodpeckers to soften the tree which help them to dig in easier. An interesting story is shared at: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/seriouslyscience/2018/03/02/flashback-friday-woodpeckers-use-wood-eating-fungus-to-make-their-pecking-easier/#.Wu3tpRIrKu4

While birds are habitually taking dirt bath, can we exploit this habit to model past and future industrial air pollution? An interesting study recently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the […]

Research indicate that marine plastic is subjected to processing releases chemicals that attract aquatic birds and potentiate damage: Read more at: M. Savoca et al. Marine plastic debris emits a keystone infochemical for olfactory foraging […]

While bread can be delicious, it has no nutritional values. Feed ducks with bread, especially white bread, will fill them and will leave no space for more highly valuable food. “Feeding birds is something that […]

While birds have unique immune system and ecology, an interesting concept has been coined on the migratory habits of birds which underline their health status. Read more

Report published recently in showed that peregrine falcon maneuvers while in a high speed with great precise vision and control. More can be seen at highlights or the original research Image source

In most North American hummingbirds, males court females by diving at them head on — but Costa’s hummingbirds (Calypte costae) perform their courtship dives off to the side. Researchers now find that this strategy allows […]

Birds that lived at the time of the dinosaurs might have been too heavy to sit on clutches of eggs without breaking them, according to an analysis of primitive avian fossils. The findings suggest that […]