Ringing birds in the cold
The body temperature of great tits drops by several degrees during handling.
The sounds of South American Snipes
Acoustic analyses suggest splitting the South American Snipe into two distinct species.
What determines split moult in songbirds?
A recent study investigated whether this moult pattern is endogenously controlled or driven by time constraints.
Getting near the Noddies
Human visits to remote islands affect the behaviour of breeding Brown Noddies.
A hard day’s night on the nest
Conditions during the night determine nesting behavior in the morning.
The call of the Kea
Female Kea use distinct calls to communicate with their offspring.
How many Scarlet Macaw subspecies are there?
And what does this mean for the conservation of this species?
The rise of the Inca Empire was partly driven by seabird guano
The Incas implemented the first conservation measures in human history to protect the seabird colonies that provided the guano.
Into the pine woods
High group density results in fierce competition between groups of Red-cockaded Woodpecker.
What is happening at the nest?
Deducing nest survival with different monitoring schemes and cameras.