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Shiny feathers in the mountains

By Chih-Ming Hung|2021-09-21T12:51:30+00:0020 Sep 2021|adaptation, alpine birds, avian biology, colouration, communication, diversification, evolution, feathers, forest birds, IBIS, island birds, passerines, phenotypic variation, plumage, population divergence, ultraviolet light|

Two species suffer catastrophic embryo mortality in recent heatwaves

How important is smell to birds?

By Robert Driver|2021-09-07T13:04:36+00:0013 Sep 2021|avian biology, evolution, Genetics, genomics, olfaction, sensory ecology, smell|

Two species suffer catastrophic embryo mortality in recent heatwaves