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World’s rarest parrot stages miracle comeback with new breeding burst

The world’s rarest parrot is suddenly back in the spotlight for the best possible reason: after a four year lull, New Zealand ...
Science Daily

Birds are laying their eggs a month earlier, and climate change is to blame

Spring is in the air. Birds are singing and beginning to build their nests. It happens every year, like clockwork. But a new study in the Journal of Animal Ecology shows that many species of birds are ...
CNN

Birds are laying eggs earlier, a new study shows. Scientists blame the climate crisis

Egg-collecting enthusiasts in the late 1880s knew the hobby was crucial for understanding the natural world, but likely never imagined that their research would help scientists more than 100 years ...
Chicago Sun-Times

In Chicago, many birds laying eggs earlier, Field Museum study finds, pointing to climate change

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Science Daily

Desert birds lay larger eggs when they have more helpers

Desert birds lay larger eggs when they have more helpers to feed their chicks, new research shows. White-browed sparrow weavers live in family groups in which only a dominant pair breeds and their ...
The Idaho Press-Tribune

How many eggs? Clutch sizes vary greatly among bird species

The number of eggs a bird lays — its clutch size — varies greatly among species. You might think every species should simply lay lots of eggs because that would increase the odds of more young birds ...
The Conversation

Kalahari weaver birds lay bigger eggs when they have female helpers to feed nestlings

Pablo Capilla-Lasheras has received funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (UK) and currently works at the University of Glasgow. Tswalu Kalahari Reserve is a ...