Silvereye songbirds in Queensland show surprising differences in their songs across nearby islands and mainland areas. These differences don’t match up wit

Conservation Genetics - Like most seabirds, red-tailed tropicbirds (Phaethon rubricauda) spend most of their lives at sea, returning to islands only to breed. Despite their well-known capacity for...

The ability to unequivocally identify the sex and reproductive status of individuals is crucial across many fields of study. Recent evidence indicates that avian sex determination is more flexible tha...

Geographic isolation plays a pivotal role in speciation by restricting gene flow between populations through distance or physical barriers. However, the speciation process is complex, influenced by t...

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With over half of all avian species in decline globally, zoo-based recovery programs are increasingly relied upon to save species from extinction. The success of such programs not only rests with poli...

An advertisement for the 1994 World Cup, fast food wrappers, COVID-19 masks—what birds used to build their nests reflects a world with more plastic.

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