Finches have evolved to feed off blood from red-footed and Nazca boobies – and we’ve seen it first-hand.
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An infestation as a chick leads to enlarged nostrils in the beak of Darwin finches, and that affects their mating call.
When a bird species is threatened by nest parasites, you might think the logical next step is to fumigate – unsurprisingly, though, physically spraying nests (as you might spray an infested house) is disruptive…
Darwin’s finches, a group of 14 species found only in the Galapagos Islands, are perhaps most well known as one of the inspirations for Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection. A classic…
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