Science Focus Book Club: Further reading on birdwatching and biodiversity
Read stories on birds, biodiversity and UK wildlife here while taking part in July's Science Focus Book Club.
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Wildfires can destroy habitats but diversify bird song
6/21/2020
When birds find new homes after a wildfire, they take their songs with them.
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Re-introduce insects to cities to help urban birds, scientists say
5/18/2020
Most songbirds require an insect-rich diet to successfully raise many and vigorous young, researchers say.
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Urban foxes evolving dog-like skulls and snouts
6/3/2020
A study found urban foxes in the UK have a different snout shape to help forage for food in urban surroundings.
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Songbirds consciously control their calls
9/1/2019
Birds like crows are thought to control their vocalisations, just like primates, and that their vocalisations are not just a reflexive response.
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14 stunning photos of birds making incredible journeys across the Earth
5/14/2020
In the book Flights of Passage, writer Mike Unwin and wildlife photographer David Tipling explore the fascinating subject of bird migration.
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Samantha Alger: What can we do to save the bees?
2/23/2020
Pollinator specialist from the University of Vermont Samantha Alger explains the threats facing our bees, and why that’s a problem for us.
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Five complex networks found in nature
5/15/2020
It's not just plants that team up with their neighbours for mass effect.
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Feeding birds: can feeding ducks bread do more harm than good?
12/8/2019
In October, a handmade sign went viral. It claimed that ducks were starving because people were no longer giving them bread, due to concerns that it could make them ill. But is feeding ducks and other birds a harmless pastime, or should we leave them to fend for themselves?
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Pet cats have up to ‘10-times larger impact on wildlife than wild predators'
3/12/2020
Hunting by pets can have a big effect on the local wildlife population, a new study has found.
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Hotter temperatures could lead to a "mass extinction" of bumblebees
2/7/2020
In the course of just a single human generation, the likelihood of a bumblebee population surviving in a given place has declined by over 30 per cent.
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