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Researchers used ‘citizen science’ birdwatching data to rank Australian species. Among the most elusive birds were ‘hide and seek’ champions and a few possibly headed for extinction.
With about 1,500 species, the diversity of birds in east Africa is nearly overwhelming.
Want to understand your local environment better? Look to the birds.
In northwest Mexico, biologists are building a network of radio towers to track how individual migratory birds move among important wetland areas.
With careful observation, you can start to recognize that one sassy squirrel or the cardinal pair who call your neighborhood home.
Domestic gardens offer an oasis for urban wildlife, and are a sight for sore eyes during lockdown.
Until very recently the Canada jay was called the gray jay. How did the bird lose its original name in the 1950s, and gain it back again, just in time for Canada Day?
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Postgraduate Researcher in Palaeontology, University of Southampton
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Emeritus Professor of Wildlife Biology, and Director of the Avian Science and Conservation Centre, McGill University
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Professor of Zoology, Royal Holloway University of London
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Associate Professor, Member of the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, University of Guelph
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Chief Scientist, BirdLife International & Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge
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Emeritus Professor, Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University
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Associate Research Professor of Wildlife Conservation, Penn State
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PhD Student in Ornithology, University of South Carolina
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Professor of Ecology, University of York
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PhD Student, University of St Andrews
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Professor, The University of Queensland
