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Photo of Zebra Finch

Birdsong Sensitive Period

New research is beginning to uncover the complex brain mechanisms underlying song learning during the sensitive period.

Birdsong Sensitive Period

New research is beginning to uncover the complex brain mechanisms underlying song learning during the sensitive period.

Bald Eagles

Bald Eagles

Bald Eagles: Beautiful but in danger of poisoning from spent lead ammunition fragments.

Bald Eagles

Bald Eagles: Beautiful but in danger of poisoning from spent lead ammunition fragments.

Male Bluebird parent feeding a fledgling

Fledgling Behavior

Fledglings seem like gangly teenagers still begging for from their parents.

Fledgling Behavior

Fledglings seem like gangly teenagers still begging for from their parents.

Barn Swallow image

Barn Swallows

Barn Swallows recognize individual humans and benefit from having nests near human activity.

Barn Swallows

Barn Swallows recognize individual humans and benefit from having nests near human activity.

Baby birds in a nest

Nestlings' Care & Feeding

Nestlings have an intense need for calorie-rich foods, which can take its toll on parents.

Nestlings' Care & Feeding

Nestlings have an intense need for calorie-rich foods, which can take its toll on parents.

Pileated Woodpecker image

Birds are Dinosaurs

Birds evolved from dinosaurs, and now archaeologists have a key fossil that helps explain how one dinosaur could fly.

Birds are Dinosaurs

Birds evolved from dinosaurs, and now archaeologists have a key fossil that helps explain how one dinosaur could fly.