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 global meta-study investigating the effects of climate change on bird reproduction has found an overall decline in annual offspring production over 50 years. Offspring production in migratory and ...

Looking for a bird's-eye view of human impact? A new study published in the journal Nature provides the most comprehensive picture yet of how human noise and light pollution affect birds throughout ...

We talk a lot about cancer, but despite knowing that cancer affects almost every species, you might not be familiar with how cancer impacts other animals. Labroots has covered topics related to cancer ...

Eggshell colouration plays a vital role in avian reproductive strategies by influencing both the thermoregulatory properties and the structural integrity of eggs. Recent studies indicate that ...

"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 / ...

In one of the largest studies of cancer susceptibility across bird species, researchers describe an intriguing relationship between reproductive rates and cancer susceptibility. In one of the largest ...

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 ...