birds
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Things That Glow Pink in the Night
What could be the meaning behind squirrels with pink fur and puffins with electric blue beaks?
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Know Your Limb-its
Detecting the location of your own fingertips without seeing them is a sense we should all…
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‘Tis the Season for Citizen Science: Celebrating 117 Years of Christmas Bird Counts
The nation’s longest-running citizen science project is both a scientific and cultural treasure.
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When It Comes to Bird Beaks, Size Matters
Find out why large beaks might be adaptive for highly vocal songsparrows in hot temperatures and…
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The Birds and the Beetles: Research Highlights from UMass Grad Students
Highlights from UMass Life Sciences Graduate Research Symposium, plus a Q&A with the two award winners.…
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Posing as a Bird Mama: the adventures of a researcher-turned-bird-parent
#Baby #birds are essentially just weird-looking, flightless eating & pooping machines. What does it take to…
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A Beautiful 9/11 Tribute, but a Fiasco for Migratory Birds
Manhattan’s dramatic TributeInLight memorial to 911 unintentionally created a major hazard for birds during fall migration…
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Love Songs for Nobody: Birdsong in Winter
We typically understand singing in birds to function in mate attraction and territory defense, two behaviors…
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Greetings from Michigan – American Ornithology Conference 2017
Scientists are often alone in their labs, at remote field sites, or staring at computers –…
