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Three scientists describe the fieldwork they've had to delay in 2020 because of the pandemic. These are setbacks not just for their careers, but for the body of scientific knowledge.
Climate change is affecting our planet's biodiversity, yet some species can find ways to adapt. Using citizen-science data, a French research team is studying how birds adjust to local heat levels.
The Canadian Prairies are vanishing more quickly than the Amazon rainforest as they are converted for agriculture and industrial uses.
The New Zealand robin has learnt to hide left-over food for later consumption, and it turns out that male birds with the best spatial memory have the greatest breeding success.
Could mating preferences, like females preferring males who sing complex songs, affect the evolution of learning? Insights from birds could have clues for how people learn throughout their lives.
Why some individuals age faster than others is a mystery, but new research suggests help with childcare is significant.
A collection of millions of bird sightings has identified the best places to invest in conservation.
The mouse who tidied the shed he lives in fascinated human viewers, but cleanliness isn't a virtue unique to humans.
Biologists investigated whether birds that search for multiple mates would evolve ever more elaborate songs to attract them. What they found might have surprised Darwin.
One gram of songbird meat is estimated to sell for the equivalent of one gram of marijuana.
Robins are a much loved Christmas icon, but wind turbines installed in their habitat are affecting their song, with worrying consequences.
The Trump administration wants to step up logging, saying it will benefit wildlife by reducing forest fire risks. But wildfires create habitat for threatened Spotted Owls and many other species.
Both male and female birds sing to impress other birds, but as well as that, they do it for pleasure!
The number of Cape Rockjumpers' are declining and the reason might be the weather.
Effective conservation of migratory songbirds requires an understanding of how populations are connected between seasons. The challenge is being able to track individuals throughout the entire year.
In our increasingly noisy world, how do you make sure that your voice is heard? If you’re a bird, that depends on the type of noise and what you’re trying to say.
New research reveals how birds navigate their way over thousands of miles.
Is birdsong simply a hard-wired, functional, primitive sound – or could we call it 'music'? Australia's pied butcherbirds show there are surprising overlaps between birds' and humans' musical abilities.
The European goldfinch, with its wonderful coloration and melodic singing, is a favoured pet for people living in the western Maghreb. But continued poaching is putting the species in danger.
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Emeritus Professor in Animal Behaviour, University of New England
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Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, Macquarie University
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Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University
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Ph.D. Candidate in Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University
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Professor of Avian Behavioural Ecology, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor of Evolutionary Ecology, Monash University
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Professor of Animal Conservation, University of Dundee
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Course Director, MSc Biodiversity, Conservation and Management, University of Oxford
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Wildlife Conservation Society Canada Conservation Planning Biologist and Adjunct Professor of Conservation Biology, University of Saskatchewan
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Lecturer in Zoology, Bangor University
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Professor of American History, University of California, Los Angeles
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Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
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BBSRC David Phillips Research Fellow and Hans Gadow Lecturer, University of Cambridge
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Professor Emerita of Biology, University of Missouri-St. Louis
