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On remote Greek island, migratory birds offer climate clues
On remote Greek island, migratory birds offer climate clues Gently holding a blackcap warbler in his palm, ornithologist Christos Barboutis blew on its feathers to reveal the size of its belly: a good ...
Where birds tell a climate story
Birds “are among the first to be affected by climate change such as drought, which poses a big problem for their distant ...
Cyprus Mail1d
British bases seize 312 ambelopoulia at crossing points
By Tom Cleaver The British bases on Thursday announced that a total of 312 blackcaps – commonly known as ‘ambelopolia’ – ...
Scientific American1mon
Here’s Why Birds Look So Goofy When They Run
When humans want to move fast—barring speed-walking competitions—we pick up our feet. But when birds need to get somewhere quickly, they tend to always keep one foot on the ground, leading to ...
Science Daily22d
Birds News
Newly Discovered Late Cretaceous Birds May Have Carried Heavy Prey Like Extant Raptors Oct. 9, 2024 — Newly discovered birds from Late Cretaceous North America were hawk-sized and had powerful ...
Popular Science29d
Why do birds migrate? Scientists have a few major theories.
At one point in the not-too-distant past, winter’s lack of birds completely flummoxed some of history’s greatest thinkers. Just a few hundred years ago philosophers posited that birds buried ...
Hurricane Helene brings more than rain to Indiana with rare birds spotted at Lake Monroe
Tropical seabirds, both sooty terns and a parasitic jaegar, were blown into Indiana by Hurricane Helene and spotted at a ...
BBC29d
Bird on a wire and other winning photos
The Bird Photographer of the Year award has been announced, with Canadian photographer Patricia Homonylo scooping the top prize for her thought-provoking image titled When Worlds Collide.
Juneau Empire25d
On the Trails: Birds, leaves and mushrooms at the onset of autumn
A merlin zoomed out to accompany the bigger predator briefly, perhaps in hopes that the harrier would scare up a tasty little bird ... now exhibiting a flat, black cap with a whitish rim.
Cyprus Mail14d
Illegal bird trapping in Cyprus soars 90%, conservationists warn
Conservationists have raised alarms over a 90 per cent surge in illegal bird trapping across the Republic of Cyprus, ...
CNN21d
Dozens of zoo tigers die after contracting bird flu in southern Vietnam
More than a dozen tigers were incinerated after the animals contracted bird flu at a zoo in southern Vietnam, officials said. State media VNExpress cited a caretaker at Vuon Xoai zoo in Bien ...
Phys.org28d
On remote Greek island, migratory birds offer climate clues
Gently holding a blackcap warbler in his palm, ornithologist Christos Barboutis blew on its feathers to reveal the size of its belly: a good indicator of how far the bird can migrate. Acutely ...