The total solar eclipse in North America on April 8, 2024, temporarily reset the biological clocks of some bird species, ...

Total solar eclipses only happen in the same spot once every 300 or 400 years, so it's no surprise that a team of researchers ...

The powerful role of siblings is highlighted in this UC Davis study of a songbird species with limited parental care.

Rare solar eclipse revealed how sudden daytime darkness affected wild birds, discovering that many began singing as if it were morning.

The team used the songbird Parus major, commonly known as the great tit, as their model species. They observed that siblings ...

A vivid, in-depth look at why birds behave as they do. Birds are intelligent, sociable creatures that exhibit a wide array of behaviors--from mobbing and mimicking to mating and joint nesting. Why do ...

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Scientists discovered that bird siblings, not parents, play the biggest role in teaching survival skills and shaping behavior.

For centuries, naturalists have braved trackless forests, windy clifftops, and the cramped confines of blinds and submarines, hoping to capture rare behaviors that might reveal important aspects of ...

MAUI (HawaiiNewsNow) - Five Hawaiian forest birds released last November on the slopes of Haleakala are demonstrating promising behavior in the wild. The alala is the last remaining species of several ...

Since the 1960s, biologists have made fake eggs for some studies of bird behavior. But Mark Hauber of Hunter College in New York says this kind of scientific handicraft is not exactly his forte. "With ...