A State of
the Birds report published last year by government and conservation organizations warned that bird species that have been in a steady decline now face added pressure from climate change.
Not exact matches
In a research
report published today, Early
Bird put a Hold rating on Astronics.
Glenn Smith and Warren
Bird made the
published summaries much more exciting than my long technical
report.
Now, for the first time, the theory has been tested, and the
report published in the British journal Nature is that
birds deem viceroys as unpalatable as monarchs.
Two studies
reporting what makes the H5N1
bird flu virus transmissible in mammals should be
published fully, with no details left out, say flu experts meeting at the World Health Organisation in Geneva.
A new discovery
published in the journal Scientific
Reports documents the intricate arrangement of the muscles and ligaments that controlled the main feathers of the wing of an ancient
bird, supporting the notion that at least some of the most ancient
birds performed aerodynamic feats in a fashion similar to those of many living
birds.
In a paper
published online this week in Animal Behaviour, Shaw and her colleagues
report wide variations in how well the
birds did on multiple trials of each test.
It was eggshell thinning that devastated fish - eating
birds and
birds of prey, says Fry, and this effect is well documented in a
report (pdf) on DDT
published in 2002 by the Department of Health and Human Services» Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).
The study which is
published in the journal Scientific
Reports, also found that the more conspicuous and colorful the ladybird species, the less likely it is to be attacked by
birds.
Now, according to a
report published today in Science, a new technique that exploits chemicals present in feathers may make following some
birds» complex travel habits much easier.
But a new
report published today in Current Biology reveals that genes that encode key hair - building proteins are also present in reptiles and
birds.
(Washington, D.C., January 29, 2013) A new peer - reviewed study
published today and authored by scientists from two of the world's leading science and wildlife organizations — the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)-- has found that
bird and mammal mortality caused by outdoor cats is much higher than has been widely
reported, with annual
bird mortality now estimated to be 1.3 to 4.0 billion and mammal mortality likely 6.3 to 22.3 billion individuals.
It
publishes its annual
report in the monthly journal British
Birds.
And earlier this year, the National Wildlife Federation
published a similar
report that concludes unequivocally that climate change today is the most serious threat facing America's migratory
birds.
This time, the problem is with a species of
bird that is staying put in the winter months instead of migrating south.A new
report from the U.S. Geological Survey
published in Arctic reveals the Pacific brant, a small sea goose, is now wintering in sub-Arctic areas.
The study,
published in the journal Scientific
Reports, found that the more conspicuous and colorful the ladybug species, the less likely it is to be attacked by
birds.
It
publishes its annual
report in the monthly journal British
Birds.