birds
All Work and No Play
The cover image was sourced from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.09.020.
If you’ve ever fallen down the easily addictive, low-stress rabbit hole that is the world of wonderfully awesome animal...
Mandai Bird Paradise: Asia’s Biggest Aviary Sanctuary
The Mandai Bird Paradise is the biggest bird conservatory in Asia, inaugurated back in May 2023. As one of the six pillars of the...
Bouba? Kiki? Baby Chicks Associate Sounds With Shapes
One of the chicks above is named “Bouba.” The other is named “Kiki.” Going just off of your gut intuition, which one is which?
If...
A day in the life of a field ecologist
Details from my summer experience conducting fieldwork in the Colorado Rockies
Photo caption: View of the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, with Gothic Mountain towering above.
4:30...
The Prehistoric Origins of Birds
You may have heard that modern birds evolved from dinosaurs before. More specifically, modern birds descend from theropods, which is a clade of dinosaurs....
Where do Great Blue Herons catch their snacks?
Introduction
Great blue herons are part of the Ardea genus, which is a genus of birds that includes the herons, egrets, and bitterns. These birds...