Newsweek

Solar Eclipse May Cause ‘Significant Change’ in Bird Behavior

The upcoming total solar eclipse is set to bring people from around the country to stare in awe at the cosmological wonder, but it may also spark strange behavior in birds. The timing of the ...
Yahoo

Smoke detectors in the sky: Will wildfire affect bird behavior?

Research associate Terry McGlynn works surrounded by taxidermy animals at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles, where researchers are studying bird feathers to determine the effects of wildfire ...
insider.si.edu

Understanding bird behavior an illustrated guide to what birds do and why Wenfei Tong ; with a foreword by Ben C. Sheldon

A vivid, in-depth look at why birds behave as they do. Birds are intelligent, sociable creatures that exhibit a wide array of behaviors--from mobbing and mimicking to mating and joint nesting. Why do ...
Newsweek

Owls Started Hooting During the Solar Eclipse As If They Were About To Hunt

Birds were observed acting strangely during the recent total solar eclipse that stunned much of the United States earlier this month. Researchers from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology noticed that there ...
The Cornell Daily Sun

Cornell Lab of Ornithology Publishes New Research on Social Bird Behavior

A recent study on social bird behavior has found that more sociality in birds may confer to reduced competition in interactions between and among bird species. The findings, published on March 1 in ...
Yahoo

Scientists raise concerns after observing unexpected shift in bird behavior

For most humans, the increasingly longer days that arrive with spring are little more than a signal that summer is on the horizon. For migratory birds, however, they're a signal to begin the long ...
news.iastate.edu

Bird study illustrates the interplay between disease transmission and behavior

AMES, Iowa – A study examining eye disease in a common bird species shows how pathology and behavior interact in complex ways that determine how widely a pathogen can spread. The study, published ...
Indiana Daily Student

Help track bird behavior during the eclipse with IU researchers’ app

Aguilar, who specializes in bird behavior, set out in summer 2023 to find a system to gather large volumes of data on the eclipse’s effects on local birds’ daily routines. With the help of Luddy ...
Morning Overview on MSN

These birds are migrating the wrong way, and scientists know why

Across the Northern Hemisphere, satellite tags and backyard observations are revealing a surprising pattern: some birds are not just drifting off course, they are consistently flying in the opposite ...
The Cool Down on MSN

Researchers issue warning after observing troubling change in bird behavior: 'Steep declines'

"We are continuing to collect these data." Researchers issue warning after observing troubling change in bird behavior: ...
CNN

Dinosaur from newfound species died in a pose that sheds light on evolution of bird behavior

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Death in the wild ...