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The secret life of the Superbs

I think that Superb Fairy Wrens may be my favourite birds. Not only do they have an awesome (if somewhat pretentious) name (incidentally, some of their closest relatives are called the Splendid and Lo… more →

Zoology Kate: Field Assistant

There’s no 'I' in team (but there is a Bee)

lemonyem wrote 2 months ago: Herd, pride, school, swarm and troop… the list goes on.  Animals are so often found in large groups … more →

Tags: Alligators, Altruism, animals, Honey & Bees, inclusive fitness theory, long tailed tits, meerkats, Nature, Science

The secret life of the Superbs

zoologykate wrote 2 months ago: I think that Superb Fairy Wrens may be my favourite birds. Not only do they have an awesome (if some … more →

Tags: Science, Science, Research, Field Assistant, Field Work, Biology, Australia, pigmentation, behavioural ecology

The private lives of the Purple Crowns

zoologykate wrote 3 months ago: Having previously explained why high levels of promiscuity are so common in birds, I will now procee … more →

Tags: Science, Research, Field Assistant, Biology, Australia, purple crowned fairy wrens, purple plumage, behavioural ecology, monogamy

Spring Riots — 1 comment

richarddavidwoods wrote 3 months ago: The continuing Arab Spring is one of the major human social upheavals of our generation, and continu … more →

Tags: Science, Behaviour, Conservation, pyrénées, spring

A-Z of Weird Animals: The (Naked) Mole-Rat — 2 comments

Neil Griffin wrote 3 months ago: Most animal behaviours belong to one of four categories, the four ‘F’s: feeding, fighting, fleeing, … more →

Tags: Ecology, A-Z of Weird Animals, Science, Science, animals, Nature, Environment, ecology, Weird Animals

Purple crowned fairy wrens: psychedelic, sexy and strictly monogamous — 1 comment

zoologykate wrote 3 months ago: The actual purpose of my trip to the Kimberley (other than to fight fires and complain about the wea … more →

Tags: Science, Science, purple crowned fairy wrens, purple plumage, pigmentation, behavioural ecology, monogamy, The Kimberley, Birds

Why Us and Not Them? A Review of Sarah Hrdy’s Mothers and Others

Orestes Mantra wrote 5 months ago: “Thou hast no sense. You French people love your own children; but we love all the children of our t … more →

Tags: Psychology, Book Review, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Mothers, Sarah Hrdy, Sociobiology

Things I like about the Outback...

zoologykate wrote 9 months ago: The amazingly colourful birds. A male White Winged fairy wren I’m sure there must be some adap … more →

Tags: Science, Research, Field Assistant, Field Work, babbers, Biology, Australia, behavioural ecology, Birds

Helpers At Nest Increases Bird Survival

Sandy Steinman wrote 11 months ago: In some bird species older siblings sometimes help parents raise younger siblings. Plos One reported … more →

Tags: Birds, bird research, Helping Behavior, Offspring

Literature Review: Food Web Elaborations — 1 comment

natureinquiries wrote 1 year ago: by Carl Strang Last week I posted an overview of recent research that casts light on food web and ec … more →

Tags: Botany, Birds, Ecology, fungi, food web, coevolution, Adaptation, Literature Review, Evolution

A Social Songbird

Jeff Kessler wrote 1 year ago: Two Central American Band Backed Wrens sing in duet. Photo courtesy Mike Wells. Copious diversity is … more →

Tags: Sarapiqui, Band-backed wren, social behavior, social birds, Communal Breeding, wrens

Cooperative Breeding and Jungle Myna

connieksw wrote 3 years ago: On 3rd September 2009, Connie Khoo sent a note from her base in the Malaysian state of Perak to shar … more →

Tags: Myna Jungle


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