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From nest-hopping to manipulating eggs, the bird world is full of family drama. Biologist Carin Bondar explains the wild side of bird science and what it teaches us about evolution.
From nest-hopping to manipulating eggs, the bird world is full of family drama. Biologist Carin Bondar explains the wild side of bird science and what it teaches us about evolution.
A group of birds — nesting ospreys, to be exact — is grabbing unexpected attention in Eugene, Oregon, amid the World Athletic Championships taking place from July 15-July 24, 2022.
But birds don't just look different, there's a huge diversity of behaviour in the bird world as well. Some fly, some do not. Some are massive, some are miniscule.
Bird wing shape -- a proxy for long-distance flying ability, or dispersal -- is a trait that influences biodiversity patterns on islands around the world, according to biologists.
“The bird, in essence, sees what it thinks it looks like.” Which means that Walnut may have seen herself as a human being—or, at least, as something other than a crane.