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How Birds Evolve: What Science Reveals about Their Origin, Lives, and Diversity: A Book Review by a Non-Science Person

November 2, 2021 by Donna No Comments
Doug Futuyma believes in science and in the scientific basis...
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Do birds avoid predators because of culture?

December 15, 2015 by Greg 2 Comments
Tradeoffs in behavior, and plasticity We assume natural selection has...
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How The Bird Got Its Beak

May 19, 2015 by Greg 1 Comment
Birds are a subset of dinosaurs (See: Honey, I Shrunk...
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Honey, I Shrunk The Dinosaurs!

August 19, 2014 by Greg 6 Comments
There is a fantastic paper just out in Science: “Sustained...
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Grallards: New Zealand’s Next Extinction or Newest Species?

July 24, 2014 by Duncan 2 Comments
Yesterday i introduced you, gentle reader, to the lovely work...
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Being A Living Fossil Evolved Multiple Times

June 17, 2014 by Greg No Comments
It has been discovered that largosity and flightlessness, which perhaps...
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A Strategic Arms Race Among Birds

February 18, 2014 by Greg 2 Comments
The vast majority of the 10,000+ living species of birds...
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It may be hard to swallow, but Bumpus could get bumped to the back burner

March 19, 2013 by Greg 4 Comments
In 1898, Hermon Bumpus published a paper about change in...
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Why Birders Dig Darwin

February 12, 2013 by Mike 9 Comments
February 12 is Darwin Day, the birthday of the brilliant...
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Land Bridges are Back in Season!

September 12, 2012 by Duncan 4 Comments
Ideas, like catwalk fashions, come and go in cycles, and...
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