Curious Kids: How did some animals evolve wings to fly?
Today's birds evolved from feathered dinosaurs.
Oct. 22, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: evolution birds dinosaurs feathered-dinosaurs curious-kids
Women have disrupted research on bird song, and their findings show how diversity can improve all fields of science
For decades, scientists believed that only male birds sang. Then women entered the field and showed what their predecessors had missed.
Sept. 11, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: birds women stem wildlife ornithology gender-bias diversity birdsong womens-representation breeding gender-bias-in-academia diversity-in-science
Painting wind turbines black could help protect birds – as long as it doesn't disrupt their migration
Black turbine blades seem to reduce bird collisions, but it's important to know why.
Sept. 3, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: birds wildlife renewable-energy wind-farms bird-migration power-lines bird-strike wind-turbines
Painting wind turbines black could help protect birds – so long as it doesn't disrupt their migration
Black turbine blades seem to reduce bird collisions, but it's important to know why.
Sept. 3, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: birds wildlife renewable-energy wind-farms bird-migration power-lines bird-strike wind-turbines
Don't blame cats for destroying wildlife – shaky logic is leading to moral panic
Framing cats as responsible for declines in biodiversity is based on faulty scientific logic and fails to account for the real culprit – human activity.
July 30, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: conservation biodiversity birds ethics mice science australia rats cats sixth-mass-extinction conservation-biology logic justice moral-panic predator compassion apex-predators habitat-degradation
We tagged Andean condors to find out how huge birds fly without flapping
One bird we tagged flew for 172km without a single flap.
July 13, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: birds argentina
How bird life may be affected by roads – and what to do about it
My research into Britain's birds found 77% of species varied in abundance around roads.
July 7, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: birds wildlife-conservation roads
Noisy humans make birds sleep with one eye open – but lockdown offered a reprieve
Noise pollution can cause long-term stress and harm to wildlife.
June 25, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: birds sleep wildlife lockdown noise-pollution coastal-ecosystems
Rewilding: rare birds return when livestock grazing has stopped
A decade of no grazing has demonstrated positive effects on the richness of bird species.
June 2, 2020 • ~26 min
Tags: biodiversity birds agriculture nature interdisciplinarity farming sheep grazing in-depth insights-series rewilding
Why you may need to encourage social distancing around your bird feeder
Garden bird feeders and water baths could be hotspots for infectious disease transmission.
May 28, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: birds bird-feeding zoonotic-diseases gardens
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