Cape Parrot Is a Separate Species, DNA Testing Reveals

Posted on 16/08/2015 by hira

The Cape Parrot has always been considered a subspecies of Poicephalus Robustus, alongside brown-necked parrot and grey-head parrot. But now scientists suggest that Cape Parrot has its own distinct...

Babbler Birds Communicate Like Humans

Posted on 01/07/2015 by affam

A newly published article suggests birds can communicate in a similar way to humans. A study was conducted on the chestnut-crowned babbler bird from Australia, which showed they can communicate with...

Nest Unveils New Nest Cam, Nest Protect and Nest Learning Thermostat

Posted on 17/06/2015 by i4u

Nest Labs, Inc. just blew out a major announcement with refreshes and redesigns across the entire product portfolio of Nest with the introduction of Nest Cam, the second generation Nest Protect, new...

Photo ID Birds Online with Merlin

Posted on 05/06/2015 by i4u

Identifying birds is very difficult and only a few people are able to identify more than a couple birds. Now an online service can identify 400 birds on photos. In a breakthrough for computer vision...

New Terror Bird Fossil reveals Deep Chirp

Posted on 11/04/2015 by i4u

A new species of South American fossil terror bird called Llallawavis scagliai ("Scaglia's Magnificent Bird") reveals new secret of these giant extinct predators. The new fossil is the most complete...

GPS wearing Blackpoll Warbler Bird reveals 3-Day nonstop Flight over the Atlantic Ocean

Posted on 01/04/2015 by i4u

We have confirmation now what has been long assumed. The Blackpoll Warbler bird is flying nonstop over the Atlantic as part of its annual migration. It takes the tiny bird 3-days. An...

Bird DNA Linked Not to Emu But Elephant Bird

Posted on 24/05/2014 by sumayah

Australia is out as far as any links to the New Zealand kiwi are concerned. The reason behind this is that the kiwi is not a relative of the emu but rather the extinct elephant bird. The...

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