A Tiny Fossil Reveals Part of the Complex History of Puffbirds and Jacamars in Europe
When the fragment of calcareous plate was unearthed in sunny southeastern France, there was a hint of the presence within it of small fossil bones.
Celebrate World Migratory Bird Day With Six Cool Migration Studies
In celebration of World Migratory Bird Day, here are six favorite migration-related papers published in AOS journals in the past year.
Cognition, the Gut Microbiome, and Forty-Two Hungry Zebra Finches
The gut microbiome has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years, and Morgan Slevin is studying how its diversity affects cognition in birds.
Social Science Is an Integral Part of Neotropical Bird Conservation
Human dimensions are critical in understanding, preserving, and managing birds that eat crop pests, provide economic opportunities, and bring us joy.
Unraveling the Origins and Family Tree of the Euphonia and Chlorophonia Finches
In the first year of my PhD, I spent a lot of time studying the phylogenetics literature to spark ideas for research into the diversification of songbirds in the Americas.
How Does Habitat Fragmentation Affect Amazonian Birds?
The Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project began in 1979 and is the world’s longest-running experimental study of tropical forest fragments.
Helping Migratory Birds While We Drink Our Coffee
The Andean mountains of Colombia, my homeland, are home to the world’s highest diversity of birds and are a major coffee-producing region.
900 Tiny Toe Bones Tell a Story About Prehistoric Eagles
Oona Takano’s research focuses on how something big — Pleistocene megafauna extinctions — affected something very small: the toe bones of eagles.
Climate Change May Be Making Migration Harder By Shortening Nightingales’ Wings
The Common Nightingale, known for its beautiful song, breeds in Europe and parts of Asia and migrates to sub-Saharan Africa every winter.
Scytalopus Tapaculos, a Continental Non-Adaptive Radiation
Birds in the tapaculo genus Scytalopus are a perennial source of headaches for ornithologists interested in species limits.