Living in cities exposes people to all sorts of chemical pollutants. Many are harmful even at low concentrations. But it is hard to know what the risks and consequences might be.
Ecology
Aug 14, 2025
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A University of Tennessee researcher documented an immature Cooper's hawk using vehicle traffic and pedestrian signal patterns as concealment during hunting behavior at a suburban intersection.
Before they can fight to survive, some endangered songbirds are losing their groove and being robbed of their chance at love—all because of what's in their food.
Plants & Animals
May 1, 2025
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If you like watching, reading, or learning about pretty, colorful birds, you're not alone. But it turns out that love for the bright and beautiful is impacting scientific study and limiting what we know about how their drab ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 14, 2025
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A French team coordinated by a scientist at CNRS highlights the harmful impact on sparrow reproduction of chronic exposure to tebuconazole, one of the most widely used fungicides in agriculture in Europe. These findings, ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 1, 2025
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As their traditional dining options dwindle and natural areas give way to restaurants, homes and sidewalks, the coyotes of San Francisco are shifting what they eat.
Plants & Animals
Jan 22, 2025
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South Florida water managers approved a breeding program for an endangered Everglades sparrow that for decades has fluttered at the center of the debate over how to move water into parched marshes to restore the wetlands.
Plants & Animals
Dec 28, 2024
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Red deer may become less sociable as they grow old to reduce the risk of picking up diseases, while older house sparrows seem to have fewer social interactions as their peers die off, according to new research showing that ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 28, 2024
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Like people, birds have fewer friends as they age, but the reasons why are unclear. New research published in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences suggests they may just have ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 28, 2024
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Cheating pays. Or at least it does for male sparrows, according to new research.
Plants & Animals
Oct 25, 2024
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