Imagine zooming out on a giant family tree that includes every bird you have ever seen. Ostriches sprint across open plains, hummingbirds hover at flowers, penguins slice through cold seas, and eagles ...

The study found that bird species who nest in tree cavities have independently evolved heightened aggression across lineages, particularly in females. Scientists have long wondered whether evolution ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Research suggests that the dark-eyed junco songbird experienced rapid evolution while college campuses were shuttered during the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most phylogenies exist in academic papers and remain difficult to interpret. Cornell’s Birds of the World Phylogeny Explorer puts ...

Mapping 11,000 species back through time represents a new milestone in avian evolutionary research. The Interactive Avian Tree presents technical challenges when reconciling 11,000 distinct bird ...