Climate change has now become one of the biggest threats to ecosystems globally, as global cycles that have helped species thrive for centuries have shifted. Birds in particular, for their elaborate ...

What really did come first--the chicken or the egg? Birds' reproductive biology is dramatically different from that of any other living vertebrates, and ornithologists and paleontologists have long ...

Bird populations are in rapid decline across North America. While climate change is just one of the many factors influencing North American birds, its effects are significant and can interact with ...

A University of Michigan study finds noise pollution negatively impacts bird reproduction, communication, and stress levels. Bird populations in North America have already dropped by 3 billion since ...

As winged dinosaurs underwent a series of evolutionary changes during the transition into Aves, or birds, one pivotal transformation was the appearance of a single-ovary reproductive system. "The most ...

In the vast golden grasslands of sub-Saharan Africa, the secretary bird makes an unforgettable sight — long-legged, crested, ...

"This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature"--Title page verso. BIRDS copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Nada Kramar Endowment Income Fund. Avian primordial germ cells / ...

Scientists have long focused on rising temperatures to understand how climate change is reshaping the natural world. But there's a critical blind spot in that picture: rain. A new global study reveals ...