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Migratory birds can use Earth's magnetic field like a GPS
Eurasian reed warblers don’t just get a sense of direction from Earth’s magnetic field – they can also calculate their ...
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Scientists issue warning after observing troubling behavior shift in coastal bird species: 'Adverse effect[s] ... on its productivity'
the moustached warbler and common reed warbler. Both are native to the Mediterranean coastal wetlands. The moustached variety was found to have fewer offspring in times of high rainfall and when ...
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5 birds that disappeared forever
Recently classified as a subspecies of the Guam Reed-warbler, it is said to become extinct in the 1960s due to the introduction of non-native plants, animals, and habitat degradation in Guam.
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This Baby Bird Is a Mother’s Nightmare
Hungry as a whole brood, the outsize baby devours everything brought by its foster parents—in the photo above, the provider is a reed warbler, a common host. Franka Slothouber, a retired photo ...
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Map: Eurasian reed warbler breeding range and variation in geomagnetic signature (IMAGE)
Map: Eurasian reed warbler breeding range (green) in Europe and variation in the geomagnetic signature (total magnetic intensity, magnetic inclination and magnetic declination). The natural ...