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The Cambodian farmers paid to protect birds

2016-11-24 01:14:09| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Why rice farmers in Cambodia are being paid to help protect the Giant Ibis.

What messages do female birds' markings send?

2016-11-23 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld

[NEWS] IMAGE: Researchers are examining the messages female Northern Cardinals send each other with their facial markings. Credit: J. Jawor Both male and female birds use traits like plumage brightness to size each other up, but a new study on Northern Cardinal…

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Electronic tracking of song birds shows roads and urban features influence their choice of gardens

2016-11-23 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld

[NEWS] Birds prefer to fly between the gardens of leafy suburban neighbourhoods to visit bird feeders than city terraces or new-build estates, a ground-breaking study tracking the behaviour of hundreds of garden birds has found. A year-long study into the behaviour of over 450 blue tits and great tits found that a suburban neighbourhood with trees, shrubs and hedges between properties attract far more birds to their feeders than a Victorian urban terrace or manicured, modern housin…

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Researchers uncover details behind dinosaur-era birds' feathers

2016-11-14 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld

[NEWS] Scientists have recently discovered a new bohaiornithid bird specimen from the Early Cretaceous Period of China with remarkably preserved feathers. Bohaiornithid birds belonged to enantiornithes, a group of avian dinosaurs that lived millions of years ago. Our current knowledge of prehistoric plumage is limited, but the new findings provide valuable insights related to structure and colouration. “Many enantiornithine birds possessed ornate feathe…

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