Browsing Tag
Birds
6 posts
How Cities Are Creating New Species
From the nut-cracking crows of Sendai to ‘Turdus urbanicus’ (the new urban blackbird), animals are changing their behaviour…
Bird Brains Suggest How Ours Got So Big
New research uses birds to test a hypothesis about the origins of big brains. Given how proud we…
100 Years Ago, Air Pollution Stained Birds Gray
The dirty feathers of birds in some museum collections are giving scientists clues as to the level of…
Too Much Noise Really Stresses Birds Out
Birds exposed to noise pollution created by natural gas compressors show symptoms similar to those humans exhibit when…
How Vultures Can Help Solve Crimes
Can a bird that symbolizes death help the living catch criminals? In this informative and accessible talk, forensic…
The World Is Poorly Designed. But Copying Nature Helps.
In 1989, Japan’s Shinkansen Bullet Train had a problem. It was really fast, pushing 170 miles per hour.…