Climate change has now become one of the biggest threats to ecosystems globally, as global cycles that have helped species thrive for centuries have shifted. Birds in particular, for their elaborate ...

Of nine different behavioral or fitness-related responses in 160 bird species examined, noise pollution had negative impacts ...

A study shows that rainfall controls tropical bird breeding by triggering the growth of plants and insect populations.

Bird populations are in rapid decline across North America. While climate change is just one of the many factors influencing North American birds, its effects are significant and can interact with ...

We talk a lot about cancer, but despite knowing that cancer affects almost every species, you might not be familiar with how cancer impacts other animals. Labroots has covered topics related to cancer ...

In one of the largest studies of cancer susceptibility across bird species, researchers describe an intriguing relationship between reproductive rates and cancer susceptibility. In one of the largest ...

What really did come first--the chicken or the egg? Birds' reproductive biology is dramatically different from that of any other living vertebrates, and ornithologists and paleontologists have long ...

Scientists have long focused on rising temperatures to understand how climate change is reshaping the natural world. But there's a critical blind spot in that picture: rain. A new global study reveals ...

Researchers have uncovered new insights into the evolution of bird behavior, revealing why certain mating systems persist while others disappear over time. Researchers at Rice University have ...