In Sturt National Park, near Tibooburra in central Australia where temperatures can range from freezing to nearly 50°C, there ...

How does climate change influence how birds can adjust to different climate conditions worldwide? This is what a recent study published in Nature Communications hopes to address as a team of ...

Research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) sheds new light on how mountain birds adapt to changes in climate. Scientists know that species diversity changes as you go up a mountain, but it is ...

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Within the bird world, there are some crazy adaptations. For instance, there are birds larger than a man that can kick a hole through a car door. There are birds with bizarre and amazing courtship ...

Passerine (perching) birds make up 60% of all bird species, including some familiar Australian favorites, like the superb ...