Bird – Newsemia

Photoperiodic induction without light-mediated circadian entrainment in a high arctic resident bird [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

NewsemiaJune 25, 2020

by NewsemiaJune 25, 202000

Daniel Appenroth, Vebjorn J. Melum, Alexander C. West, Hugues Dardente, David G. Hazlerigg, and Gabriela C. Wagner Organisms use changes in photoperiod to anticipate and...

Scientists Discover Three New Bird Species In Peru

NewsemiaJune 5, 2020

by NewsemiaJune 5, 202006

Recently, a team of ornithologists from different countries managed to identify three new species of the bird genus Scytalopus from the Peruvian Andes. Source link...

Why People Are Turning To A Legendary Japanese Bird In Hopes Of Ending The Pandemic

NewsemiaMay 26, 2020

by NewsemiaMay 26, 202002

Recent news reveals that a two-headed bird depicted in an ancient Japanese diary has caught the attention of people that want the COVID-19 pandemic to...

AI/ML

Early Bird uses 10 times less energy to train deep neural networks

NewsemiaMay 19, 2020

by NewsemiaMay 19, 202003

Engineers have found a way to train deep neural networks for a fraction of the energy required today. Their Early Bird method finds key network...

Biology

Temperature affects susceptibility of intertidal limpets to bird predation [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

NewsemiaApril 10, 2020

by NewsemiaApril 10, 2020016

Rachel J. Pound, Luke P. Miller, Felicia A. King, and Jennifer L. Burnaford High temperatures resulting in physiological stress and the reduced ability to resist...

Biology

Phenotypic flexibility of metabolic rate and evaporative water loss does not vary across a climatic gradient in an Afrotropical passerine bird [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

NewsemiaApril 10, 2020

by NewsemiaApril 10, 2020035

Matthew J. Noakes and Andrew E. McKechnie Small birds inhabiting northern temperate and boreal latitudes typically increase metabolic rates during cold winters or acclimation to...

Biology

Amphibious hearing in a diving bird, the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

NewsemiaApril 3, 2020

by NewsemiaApril 3, 2020029

Ole Naesbye Larsen, Magnus Wahlberg, and Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard Diving birds can spend several minutes underwater during pursuit-dive foraging. To find and capture prey, such as...

Biology

Human recreation decreases antibody titres in bird nestlings: an overlooked transgenerational effect of disturbance [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

NewsemiaMarch 23, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 23, 2020010

Yves Bötsch, Zulima Tablado, Bettina Almasi, and Lukas Jenni Outdoor recreational activities are booming and most animals perceive humans as predators, which trigger behavioural and/or...

Biology

Experimental facilitation of heat loss affects work rate and innate immune function in a breeding passerine bird [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

NewsemiaMarch 17, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 17, 2020013

Fredrik Andreasson, Arne Hegemann, Andreas Nord, and Jan-Ake Nilsson The capacity to get rid of excess heat produced during hard work is a possible constraint...

Biology

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Solicits Public Input on Proposed Rule and Environmental Impact Statement for Migratory Bird Treaty Act

NewsemiaMarch 16, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 16, 2020059

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Solicits Public Input on Proposed Rule and Environmental Impact Statement for Migratory Bird Treaty Act: witch-of-snow-and-stars: shittydinosaurdrawings: slashrawr: slashrawr: draconym:...

Biology

Phenotypic flexibility of metabolic rate and evaporative water loss does not vary across a climatic gradient in an Afrotropical passerine bird [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

NewsemiaMarch 12, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 12, 202008

Matthew J. Noakes and Andrew E. McKechnie Small birds inhabiting northern temperate and boreal latitudes typically increase metabolic rates during cold winters or acclimation to...

Biology

Parts of dinosaurs and a dinosaur-era bird found in amber. A…

NewsemiaMarch 12, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 12, 2020034

LIDA XING R.C. MCKELLAR, ROYAL SASKATCHEWAN MUSEUM Lida Xing, Jingmai K. O’Connor, Ryan C. McKellar, Luis M. Chiappe, Kuowei Tseng, Gang Li, Ming Bai Parts...

Biology

One species to four: New analysis documents new bird diversity in the Pacific

NewsemiaMarch 7, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 7, 202004

Modern techniques allow international team to parse Pacific Robin populations across South Pacific islands into several distinct species, with major conservation implications Credit: Anna Kearns...

Biology

Temperature affects susceptibility of intertidal limpets to bird predation [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

NewsemiaMarch 4, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 4, 2020028

Rachel J. Pound, Luke P. Miller, Felicia A. King, and Jennifer L. Burnaford High temperatures resulting in physiological stress and the reduced ability to resist...

Biology

Amphibious hearing in a diving bird, the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) [RESEARCH ARTICLE]

NewsemiaFebruary 27, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 27, 2020010

Ole Naesbye Larsen, Magnus Wahlberg, and Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard Diving birds spend up to several minutes underwater during pursuit-dive foraging. To find and capture prey, like...

Biology

Wing swing, not shape, is key to bird flight [OUTSIDE JEB]

NewsemiaFebruary 16, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 16, 2020042

Alex Evans Source link...

China Faces H5N1 Bird Flu Outbreak Amid Coronavirus Epidemic

NewsemiaFebruary 8, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 8, 2020045

China confirms a new bird flu outbreak amid the current coronavirus outbreak. Source link...

Biology

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Solicits Public Input on Proposed Rule and Environmental Impact Statement for Migratory Bird Treaty Act

NewsemiaFebruary 8, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 8, 2020011

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Solicits Public Input on Proposed Rule and Environmental Impact Statement for Migratory Bird Treaty Act: The Migratory Bird Treaty Act...

Biology

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Solicits Public Input on Proposed Rule and Environmental Impact Statement for Migratory Bird Treaty Act

NewsemiaFebruary 6, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 6, 2020013

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Solicits Public Input on Proposed Rule and Environmental Impact Statement for Migratory Bird Treaty Act: oblectamenta: vampireapologist: vampireapologist: zooophagous: strangebiology:...

Pharma / Biotech

Pandemic Bird Flu Vaccine Approved

NewsemiaFebruary 6, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 6, 202008

According to the World Health Organization, the A(H5N1) influenza strain can cause severe disease and has a high mortality rate. Source link...