Birds were an important source of food for hunter-gatherer communities in Upper Mesopotamia at the beginning of the Neolithic period, around 9,000 years BCE. This is shown in a new study by SNSB and ...

Passerine (perching) birds make up 60% of all bird species, including some familiar Australian favorites, like the superb fairy-wren and willie wagtail. Until now, they were believed to only be ...

Island systems have played a disproportionally large role in the study of the evolution, redistribution and maintenance of biological diversity. Contributions by Darwin 1 and Wallace 2,3 formed the ...

Focus: Using molecular data to understand a large radiation of passerine birds Funding: Marie Curie Fellowship We are using molecular data to understand a large radiation of passerine birds, the core ...

Passerine birds, also known as perching birds, that migrate by night tend to fly faster in spring than they do in autumn to reach their destinations. This seasonal difference in flight speed is ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Passerines – the perching birds – are by far ...

The environmental template undoubtedly is clade-specific and difficult to evaluate. Although large and small clades coexist regionally, whether the availability of ecological space limits ...