Polygamous birds have fewer harmful mutations
New research shows for the first time how polygamy increases the efficiency of natural selection in wild populations.
12/02/2023
The latest research into bird ecology, behaviour and and evolution.
New research shows for the first time how polygamy increases the efficiency of natural selection in wild populations.
12/02/2023
The condors have been shown to be a main predator of albatross chicks in Tierra del Fuego.
01/02/2023
It has been shown that the hippocampus increases in size to aid memory during the winter.
31/01/2023
New research confirmed that birds do switch between European populations, but only rarely.
29/01/2023
Attacks on a 3D-printed Robin measured the influence of noise on levels of aggression in the species.
25/01/2023
Specialist divers may be evolving into an "evolutionary dead end", say researchers.
19/01/2023
Researchers have shown that the largely brown Eurasian Woodcock's tail feathers outshine any other bird, and suggest why.
18/01/2023
Weavers and icterids independently evolved hanging nest structures to protect their young from predators and brood parasites.
15/01/2023
The warbler could join Eurasian Blackcap and Richard's Pipit as one of the few species in which the recent evolution of an alternative...
11/01/2023
A recent study has shown that bird species with the rarest and most extreme characteristics are at the highest risk of going extinct.
04/01/2023
A range of analyses in a new study has shown that the two taxa are not sufficiently diverged to be considered separate species.
15/12/2022
The summer migrant has decreased by more than half in the UK since 1995.
11/12/2022