Hawaiian honeycreepers and their tangled evolutionary tree | @GrrlScientist

by GrrlScientist for The Guardian | @GrrlScientist

Using a large DNA data set, researchers have identified the ancestor of Hawaiian honeycreepers and have linked their rapid…

The Instinctive Flight of the Blue Jay

What can be learned from these amazing birds?

CSI Sandon

Gertie the Goose Is Dead; Villagers Outraged, Children Upset

Stop and smell the Indian Pond Heron’s poop

Pond Herons are one of the easiest birds to spot. They are used to our garbage…

Fields of White

Migrating Snow Geese at Middle Creek, PA

The politics of kites

Spread across four continents, black kites are one of the commonest birds of prey in the world. Unlike other medium…

feed the birds

After the age of sixty,

people become familiar

Watch: Sleeping hummingbird “snores” | @GrrlScientist

by GrrlScientist for The Guardian | @GrrlScientist

In today’s “Caturday” video, we watch a hummingbird “snoring” as she awakens from torpor in a small environmental chamber at a research station in Peru

New Species Of Bird Identified In India And China | @GrrlScientist

by GrrlScientist for Forbes | @GrrlScientist

A new species of songbird was recently discovered in northeastern India and in neighbouring parts of China after it was found to be distinct from…

Bird-friendly California vineyards may have fewer pests | @GrrlScientist

by GrrlScientist for The Guardian | @GrrlScientist

Insectivorous cavity-nesting birds can be encouraged to occupy vineyards by giving them nest boxes. New research documents that…