The D.C. zoo does weekly bird-banding demos. We went to check it out.
National Zoo scientists hold tutorials on placing identifying bands on birds for research to determine the causes of bird ...
National Zoo’s bird-banding helps track movement, decline
Outside the National Zoo’s Bird House, small white cotton bags hung on hooks, each holding a bird that ornithologist Brian Evans and his team had netted that Saturday morning. Now and then, they ...
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Centipedes originated in Gondwana and evolved in peninsular India
Centipedes originated in the ancient supercontinent Gondwana and evolved in southern India before crawling their way into ...
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Celebrating Boise State’s first cohort of raptor biology alums: meet Robin Garwood
Even as a child growing up in the suburbs of Indianapolis, Robin Garwood knew her life would revolve around animals. However, ...
What Flying in a Wind Tunnel Reveals About Birds
Some birds migrate thousands of miles every autumn. How exactly do they manage it? Scientists built a flight chamber to find ...
Grassland study shows that elevated levels of COâ‚‚ nearly tripled species losses attributed to nitrogen pollution
Dozens of studies have demonstrated that nitrogen pollution, due mainly to the burning of fossil fuels and agricultural ...
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Midlands Bird Society works to make campus a more bird-friendly place
The Midlands Bird Society aims to build a community of bird enthusiasts on campus with community projects through the Audubon ...
Round Lake swan rescue highlights the need to protect birds; ‘It’s just lack of knowledge sometimes’
With millions of bird strikes every year and the many bird species that face endangerment, making an effort to help protect ...
How mountain chickadees changed their songs to stand out
In parts of the Rocky Mountains, these small, plump birds co-exist with a closely related species. To better distinguish ...
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Lenox Library Lecture: Ben Nickley of Berkshire Bird Observatory
Lenox Library will continue its 2024-2025 Distinguished Lecture Series on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. when Ben Nickley ...
Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary’s vulture survey records 80 birds
Two-day vulture survey in Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary records 80 vultures, highlighting conservation efforts and challenges in ...
Panda-monium is back: Two bears land in D.C. from China
Two giant pandas, 3-year-olds Bao Li, a male, and Qing Bao, a female, arrived Tuesday at a closed National Zoo in the ...