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It takes 2 to tutor a sparrow

It takes two to tutor a sparrow

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

(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

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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.


The Swamp Sparrow

Why the swamp sparrow is hitting the high notes

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created Jan 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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

Other Sciences /

created Feb 06, 2006 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

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

Researchers Identify the Most Promiscuous Birds in the World

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(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

MSU professor studies links between gastric bypass, immune system

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...


Common Grassland Birds

Birds in Flint Hills of Kansas, Oklahoma face population decline despite large habitat

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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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created May 29, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 (AP)

Water monitor eyes farm runoff in Gulf of Mexico

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(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

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 20, 2008 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (13) | comments 3

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?

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 22, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

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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created Jan 16, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

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

Air-filled bones helped prehistoric reptiles take first flight

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (13) | comments 10

(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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