Swallows in Nebraska have evolved shorter wingspans to stay away from cars.
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Roadkill and Wing Size
Wednesday, March 20th, 2013Unseasonal Migrations
Tuesday, September 25th, 2012
This video was produced by youth participating in the 2012 Science in Action Summer Intensive. A project of the Academy’s Digital Learning Department, generously funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
Size of a Beak
Monday, July 30th, 2012
For song sparrows, beak size does matter.
Islands, Birds and Disease
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
Researcher Jack Dumbacher returns to Papua New Guinea each year, always finding something new.
Birds of a Feather
Friday, November 11th, 2011
Birds of a feather: enjoy recent stories of the science of birds in today’s news roundup.
Collections Stories: Avian Pox
Thursday, January 13th, 2011
Researchers, using the Academy’s collections, have discovered when avian pox arrived on the Galapagos Islands.
Science News Round-up!
Friday, January 7th, 2011
Massive Die-Offs, Oil and DNA Sequencing: 2011 started off with a bang—science news-wise.
Beak Deformities
Wednesday, November 17th, 2010
Researchers are racing to find the cause of beak deformities that have been found across many different species of birds in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
Ancient Bird Virus
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
A fossil of a Hepatitis B-like virus was found in a bird genome– how might this change the way we think about virus evolution?
Crow Intelligence
Friday, August 7th, 2009
Researchers are finding that crows use complex reasoning to obtain food with tools.
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