UMBC study reveals gender bias in bird song research and impact of women on science
Female bird song research led disproportionately by women over the last 20 years has fundamentally changed scientists' understanding of avian ...
Tag: Zoology/Veterinary Science
Changing ties that naturally bind
How are information, disease, and social evolution linked?Credit: Kyoto University/Andrew MacIntosh Changing ties that naturally bind How are information, disease, ...
Domesticated chickens have smaller brains
Credit: Per Jensen Researchers from Linköping University suggest a process by which the timid junglefowl from the rain forest could ...
Importance of rainfall highlighted for tropical animals
Credit: Cristian Bonilla Poveda URBANA, Ill. - Imagine a tropical forest and you might conjure up tall trees hung with ...
Scientists catalogue shark and ray distribution in Florida lagoon
FAU Harbor Branch study is first long-term, in-depth analysis of elasmobranch community in Southern Indian River lagoonCredit: Florida Atlantic University/Florida ...
Birds of a feather flock together, but timing depends on typhoons
Credit: Kiyoaki Ozaki, Yamashina Institute for Ornithology Six black-naped terns -- a coastal seabird found in the Pacific and Indian ...
Genomic analysis reveals many animal species may be vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection
Credit: Matt Verdolivo/UC Davis Humans are not the only species facing a potential threat from SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that ...
Researchers validate rapid tests to detect dengue, Zika, yellow fever and other viruses
The method identifies and distinguishes between flaviviruses that cause many diseases in humans and animals in Brazil.Credit: Mariana Sequetin Cunha ...
Understanding how birds respond to extreme weather can inform conservation efforts
Credit: Jeremy Cohen MADISON, Wis. -- When it comes to climate change, University of Wisconsin¬-Madison forest and wildlife ecology Professor ...
In times of ecological uncertainty, brood parasites hedge their bets
Credit: Photo by Michael Jeffords and Sue Post CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Some birds lay their eggs in the nests of ...
Australia’s wish list of exotic pets
Credit: Adam Toomes Unsustainable trade of species is a major pathway for the introduction of invasive alien species at distant ...
Termite-fishing chimpanzees provide clues to the evolution of technology
Researchers, who remotely videotaped a generation of wild chimpanzees learning to use tools, gain insights into how technology came to ...
Improving protein digestibility in sorghum
Credit: KSU sorghum breeding program August 19, 2020 - Sorghum, a common food item in regions of Africa and Asia, ...
Illegal trade with terrestrial vertebrates in markets and households of Laos
Credit: Dr Thomas Ziegler It's not a surprise to anyone that numerous vertebrate species are being sold at different wildlife ...
Songbirds, like people, sing better after warming up
A burst of song early in the morning may help birds nail their songs during the dayCredit: Photo by Robert ...
Northern white rhino rescue program resumes work with successful egg harvest
Credit: Rio/Ol Pejeta Conservancy/BioRescue After a hiatus of a few months owing to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the international team ...
Study shows how a single gene drives aggression in wild songbird
A rare look at how genomic divergence can lead to behavioral divergence in a vertebrateCredit: Photo by Jennifer Merritt A ...
Swans reserve aggression for each other
Credit: WWT Swans display more aggression to fellow swans than other birds, new research shows. The study examined three swan ...
The larynx has evolved more rapidly in primates
Credit: Bowling et al, 2020 The larynx is larger, more variable in size, and has undergone faster rates of evolution ...
Bird and reptile tears aren’t so different from human tears
Credit: Arianne P. Oriá Bird and reptile tears aren't so unlike our own, shows a new study in Frontiers in ...
