News tagged with sparrow
It takes two to tutor a sparrow
Oct 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It may take a village to raise a child, and apparently it takes at least two adult birds to teach a young song sparrow how and what to sing.
Bird songs change with environment
May 20, 2009 |
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Just as a changing radio landscape has made it tough for Foghat to get much airplay these days, so it is for birdsongs according to new research published in The American Naturalist.
Why the swamp sparrow is hitting the high notes
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Jan 09, 2009 |
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Birdsongs are used extensively as models for animal signaling and human speech, offering a glimpse of how our own communicating abilities developed. A new study by Adrienne DuBois, a graduate student at the ...
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British sparrow disappearance studied
Feb 06, 2006 |
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British scientists say they might have determined why the house sparrow, Britain's most familiar bird, has been vanishing.
Researchers Identify the Most Promiscuous Birds in the World
Dec 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- UConn ornithologist Chris Elphick and his colleagues carried out DNA tests to discover the paternity of Saltmarsh Sparrow nestlings.
MSU professor studies links between gastric bypass, immune system
Jul 30, 2009 |
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While the massive weight loss associated with gastric bypass surgery is beneficial, some patients may face malnutrition, poor wound healing and infection as their immune systems adjust to the extreme decrease ...
Birds in Flint Hills of Kansas, Oklahoma face population decline despite large habitat
Mar 03, 2009 |
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The wide-open spaces of the Flint Hills may no longer provide a secure home on the range for several familiar grassland birds, according to research by a Kansas State University ecologist and her colleagues.
Eavesdropping comes naturally to young song sparrows
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May 29, 2007 |
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Long before the National Security Agency began eavesdropping on the phone calls of Americans, young song sparrows were listening to and learning the tunes sung by their neighbors.
Water monitor eyes farm runoff in Gulf of Mexico
Apr 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A clean water expert at Auburn University hopes a new project that enlists middle and high school students will help reduce farm runoff that is a growing pollution threat to the Gulf of Mexico.
Birds migrate earlier, but some may be left behind as the climate warms rapidly
Jun 20, 2008 |
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Many birds are arriving earlier each spring as temperatures warm along the East Coast of the United States. However, the farther those birds journey, the less likely they are to keep pace with the rapidly changing climate.
Is that song sexy or just so-so?
Sep 22, 2008 |
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Why is your mate's rendition of Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get it On" cute and sexy sometimes and so annoying at other times? A songbird study conducted by Emory University sheds new light on this question, showing that a change ...
Songbirds' Brains Provide Clues to Human Speech
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Jan 16, 2008 |
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Analyzing how the brains of songbirds respond to singing patterns has provided new information about how humans learn to communicate with each other, according to Duke University researchers.
Air-filled bones helped prehistoric reptiles take first flight
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Feb 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the Mesozoic Era, 70 million years before birds first conquered the skies, pterosaurs dominated the air with sparrow- to Cessna-sized wingspans. Researchers suspected that these extinct ...
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