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How do birds breathe so efficiently? Looped airways facilitate air flows（图）
birds breathe efficiently Looped airways facilitate air flows
2021/4/9
Birds breathe with greater efficiency than humans because of the structure of their lungs --looped airways that facilitate air flows that go in one direction -- a team of researchers has found. The re...
In a desert seared by climate change, burrowers fare better than birds（图）
desert seared climate change burrowers fare birds
2021/3/5
In the arid Mojave Desert, small burrowing mammals such as the cactus mouse, the kangaroo rat and the white-tailed antelope squirrel are weathering the hotter, drier conditions triggered by climate ch...
Noise and light pollution affect breeding habits in birds（图）
Noise light pollution breeding habits birds
2020/12/11
Looking for a bird's-eye view of human impacts? A new study, published in the journal Nature, provides the most comprehensive picture yet of how human noise and light pollution affect birds throu...
A new study by scientists at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and other institutions confirms that most birds -- but not all -- synchronize their migratory movements with seasonal changes in v...
Metallic blue fruits use fat to produce color and signal a treat for birds（图）
Metallic blue fruits produce color signal treat for birds
2020/8/21
Researchers have found that a common plant owes the dazzling blue color of its fruit to fat in its cellular structure, the first time this type of color production has been observed in nature.The plan...
Diversity plays a key role in maintaining the stability of plant and animal life. But it's difficult to scale up smaller experiments to understand how changes will impact larger ecosystems.A new study...
New study finds U.S. and Canada have lost more than 1 in 4 birds in past 50 years（图）
U.S. Canada lost birds past 50 years
2019/10/18
Since 1970, bird populations in the U.S. and Canada have declined by 29%, or almost 3 billion birds, signaling a widespread ecological crisis, a study published in the journal Science reveals. The res...
How can birds that weigh less than an AA battery live through the immense power of Atlantic hurricanes? A new study in Ecology Letters finds that some coastal birds survive because their populations c...
Using artificial intelligence to track birds' dark-of-night migrations（图）
artificial intelligence track birds dark-of-night migrations
2019/10/18
Every year during spring and fall migration, tens of millions of birds take flight at sunset and pass over our heads, unseen in the night sky.The National Weather Service has recorded the birds' migra...
Under the watchful eyes of five high-speed cameras, a small bird named Gary waits for the signal to fly. Diana Chin, a researcher at Stanford University and Gary's trainer, points her finger to a perc...
Scientists discover how birds navigate crosswinds（图）
Scientists birds navigate crosswinds
2019/10/23
While pilots rely on radio signals, advanced computations and other tools to keep them on course during strong crosswinds, birds can naturally navigate these demanding conditions -- in environments wi...
Phoenix is losing birds, but homeowners' plants offer habitat for avian desert-dwellers（图）
Phoenix losing birds homeowners plants habitat avian desert-dwellers
2019/11/22
Find related stories on NSF's Long-Term Ecological Research Program at this link.Ecologists have long wondered about the impact of urbanization on bird biodiversity. Are cities with higher avian biodi...
Scientists track the brain-skull transition from dinosaurs to birds（图）
Scientists brain-skull transition dinosaurs birds
2017/9/20
The dramatic, dinosaur-to-bird transition that occurred in reptiles millions of years ago was accompanied by profound changes in the skull roof of those animals — and holds important clues about the w...
Survey captures global picture of air pollution’s effects on birds（图）
global picture air pollution birds
2017/9/5
Famously, the use of caged birds to alert miners to the invisible dangers of gases such as carbon monoxide gave rise to the cautionary metaphor “canary in a coal mine.”But other than the fact that exp...
Building a Better Alligator:Researchers Develop Advanced Three-Dimensional Models of Bite Data to Study Dinosaurs,Birds,Crocodiles
Better Alligator Advanced Three-Dimensional Models Bite Data Dinosaurs Birds Crocodiles
2017/7/21
The skulls of alligators protect their brains, eyes and sense organs while producing some of the most powerful bite forces in the animal kingdom. The ability to bite hard is critical for crocodilians ...