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You Could Take a Pigeon to the Movies
A movie runs at 24 frames per second, just right for humans to sense as normal speed. Pigeons process the visual world several times faster. The fran…
2 years, 3 months ago
Hearing Birdsong Can Help Decrease Anxiety
Many people would tell you that hearing birdsong puts them in a good mood. Recently, scientists have tried to put numbers to this effect that many of…
2 years, 3 months ago
What's Inside a Woodpecker's Nest Hole?
Many woodpeckers chisel out deep cavities in tree trunks in order to lay their eggs and raise their brood. The cavities hollowed out by the birds var…
2 years, 3 months ago
A Renaming Committee of One
Amid discussion of renaming birds that are named after people, ornithologist J. Drew Lanham forms a “committee of one” to choose his own names for bi…
2 years, 3 months ago
Rock Climbing Among the Peregrines
Eagle Cliff in New Hampshire’s Franconia Notch State Park is an important nesting site for Peregrine Falcons. Each year, popular climbing routes in t…
2 years, 3 months ago
Polite Birds Gesture 'After You' with Their Wings
Researchers studying birds called Japanese Tits, relatives of the chickadees and titmice in North America, noticed that mates raising chicks together…
2 years, 3 months ago
Spider Silk - Duct Tape for Bird Nests
The spider’s web is an intricate piece of precision engineering. Made from large proteins, it’s sticky, stretchy, and tough. So it’s no surprise that…
2 years, 3 months ago
Great Egret's Lacy Courtship
Male Great Egrets have special long feather plumes called aigrettes, which they use in courtship displays in the spring. These beautiful big birds we…
2 years, 3 months ago
David Shepard and the 'Alala
Artist David Shepard designs aloha shirts with illustrations of Hawai‘i's native flora and fauna. David actually trained as a botanist, and one of hi…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Marsh Wren's Many Nests
Tiny Marsh Wrens live in wetlands, usually within cattails, reeds, or bulrushes. After choosing his territory, the male weaves up to 15 dome-shaped s…
2 years, 3 months ago