City birds sleep late

City birds can afford to sleep in their nests a little longer than their country cousins according to a new report from the British Trust for Ornithology. The micro-climate created by urban human activity sees the...

New Bird Species Discovered

"New Bird Species Discovered Topic Categories: Birds • Endangered Species • South Pacific Islands • ZoologyPosted on: December 18, 2008 7:02 PM, by "GrrlScientist" tags: bpr3.org/?p=52, birds, aves, ornithology, Zosterops somadikartai, Togian...

The Nutcracker: Researchers Uncovering Mysteries Of Memory

" Keeping track of one set of keys is difficult enough, but imagine having to remember the locations of thousands of sets of keys. Do you use landmarks to remember where you put them? Do you have a mental map of...

Blue-footed booby sighted in Skagit County

"Birders are flocking to Skagit County, where a blue-footed booby was reportedly sighted -- and photographed -- in recent days. It was the first sighting in Washington state since 1935 for a species native to the...

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