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 […]
An interesting study highlight key elements of increasing temperate on the localization, movements and their impacts on the distribution of arthropods, spiders and snakes has been outlined in Wilderness & Environmental Medicine. Read at
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
While animals are disappearing over the known history of mankind, and if this continue it is expected the cow will be the biggest animal on the planet. An interesting aspect of this story can be […]
While there is no explanation, backed by research, there are justifications that dogs get around with the muzzle blockage by tilting their heads. A comprehensive explanation along with other potential implications have been discussed by […]
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
Recent observation made in Malaysia indicate that malaria in human is originating from a parasite that is specific to macaque monkey. Read the detail at: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-04121-4
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 […]
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