Plant phenology tends to track with climate warming, but it could also be sensitive to biotic factors. This study shows that a single year of tree responses to intense insect herbivory can counteract a decade of environmentally driven shifts in spring phenology 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Great news. And about time! 🧪
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Effects of Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles on Behaviors and Reproduction in a Common Songbird by Delaitre et al.
Available now ahead of print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Clacking wing bones together to woo mates
Male scissor-tailed nightjars create abrupt sounds by hitting the bones in their wings together
High-speed infrared video analysis of sonations in the scissor-tailed nightjar Hydropsalis torquata🧪
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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[Commentary] Urban wildlife species are not temporary visitors, but permanent residents.
To protect them, scientists must study how city environments alter their internal biology. The gut microbiome may be the most important, overlooked tool for understanding how animals adapt to human landscapes.
I'm consistently thrilled that this iridescent green beauty is a real bird that hangs out in - and has even nested in - my Cape Town yard!
Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) (c)Adam Welz 2026
Real photo #noAI
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New fantail from Indonesia, the cheerful fantail (Rhipidura laguceria) (left): bioone.org/journals/bul... 🪶🧪 (📷James A. Eaton)
Cities are expanding faster than at any point in human history, and wildlife is adapting in remarkable ways. We often talk about visible changes like animals becoming bolder, shifting their diets, or…
