I was quietly watching the surroundings when this small bird suddenly opened its beak and began to sing. For such a tiny body, the sound and energy it carried were completely unexpected, making the ...

Cities slowed down in unprecedented ways during the outbreak. Streets emptied, food waste decreased, and daily human presence fell dramatically. This transition caused an unprecedented stop for ...

(CNN) — Dark-eyed junco songbirds have been serenading the University of California, Los Angeles campus for decades as they forage for food. The species from the sparrow family is not usually found in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Research suggests that the dark-eyed junco songbird experienced rapid evolution while college campuses were shuttered during the ...

When COVID-19 lockdowns emptied city streets, urban environments changed almost overnight. New research suggests that Los Angeles city birds responded just as quickly, with measurable shifts in beak ...

Out in the wild, staying alive is not only about speed or raw strength. It is about using whatever nature hands you. For birds, that one thing matters more than anything else: their beak. Most of us ...

With no humans to leave behind scraps, this urban bird evolved and developed a longer beak, which shrank again once people came back. Reading time 3 minutes The pandemic had a noticeable impact on the ...

Dark-eyed juncos are small sparrows found throughout North America. Rhododendrites via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 In the spring of 2020, when humans were largely hunkered down at home amid ...