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New Bird Migration Secrets Revealed

Advances in live data logging show how birds do it: get from here to there. Some surprises were uncovered in recent experiments. Read More ›
boreal chickadee
Photo: No glacier built this boreal chickadee; by David Mitchell [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Despite Dozens of Authors, PNAS Paper Fails to Explain Bird Evolution

They reason backwards: Birds evolved, therefore some poorly understood mindless processes must have driven them to evolve. Read More ›
Black-Bellied Seedcracker
Photo credit: A black-bellied seedcracker, by Dr. Tom Smith, UCLA, via EurekAlert!.

Encore Performances in the Design of Life

News from Princeton discusses the work of Tom Smith and Bridgett vonHoldt, who have solved a “long-standing finch beak mystery.” The answer turned out to be Mendelian, not Darwinian. Read More ›
Monarch butterfly
Photo: Monarch butterfly, by liz west from Boxborough, MA [CC BY 2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons.

Marvelous Migrations at All Scales

Living things are on the move everywhere. Why do some of them go to great lengths to migrate, while others stay put? Read More ›

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