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Honeyguide Birds Can Recognize Distinct Vocal Signals to Help People Locate Beehives: Study
Greater honeyguides (Indicator indicator), a species of African bird, are well known to guide other species to beehives. They have even been known to work with honey badgers, but their closest and most successful collaborators are humans. Several indigenous African groups work with these birds across their range. Looking at these interactions in Tanzania and
Honeyguide birds respond to special calls from human honey-hunters
Life Honey-hunters from several African cultures use different sounds to communicate with honeyguides, and the birds respond to local calls more than others By Ryan Truscott A Yao honey-hunter in Mozambique holds a honeyguide birdClaire Spottiswoode People from multiple cultures in Africa have unique sounds that they use to communicate with honeyguide birds, and the
‘Early Birds’ With Sleep Apnea May Get More CPAP Benefits
Pulmonology > Sleep Disorders — Patients with so-called morning chronotype used devices a half-hour more per night by Elizabeth Short, Staff Writer, MedPage Today April 1, 2023 Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients with a morning chronotype -- early birds -- tended to use their continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) devices for a longer duration of
This bird’s protectors are its former hunters: ‘It was my turn to help them’
Published February 6, 202312 min readLa Mosquitia, HondurasIt's 4:30 in the morning. Behind a pine forest, the sun begins to lighten the sky with bright and warm tones, accompanied by the squawks of a small group of apu pauni, as the Indigenous Miskito people call the scarlet macaw. The colorful feathered creatures, the country’s national
1 in 3 birds tested at an Australian animal hospital have chlamydia
A survey of birds entering an Australian animal hospital shows a huge number of them carry chlamydia, including strains never seen before Life 31 January 2022 By Alice Klein The laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae), native to Australiaelectra kay-smith / Alamy Nearly one-third of hospitalised Australian birds are carrying chlamydia, including some novel strains of the…
Fish Do the Wave to Ward Off Predatory Birds
Although the jungles of southern Mexico seem like an ideal spot for fieldwork, the region’s sulfur springs are far from a tropical getaway. In addition to the area’s stifling heat, the pools reek of rotten eggs. Their milky, turquoise water is even more inhospitable: it is laced with toxic levels of hydrogen sulfide and contains…
The iridescent shimmer that makes birds such as peacocks and hummingbirds so striking is rooted in a natural nanostructure so complex that people are only just beginning to replicate it technologically. The secret to how birds produce these brilliant colors lies in a key feature of the feather's nanoscale design, according to a study led…
Bird's Eye does not want to implement certification requirements
Die Betreiber vom Bird's Eye wollten die Zertifikatspflicht nicht umsetzen. (Symbolbild: Keystone) Basel Der Bird's Eye Jazz-Club in Basel musste auf Anordnung des Gesundheitsdepartements schliessen. Das Lokal wollte die Zertifikatspflicht nicht umsetzen. Seit dem 13. September gilt in der Schweiz die Zertifikatspflicht beim Restaurant- oder Fitnessbesuch. Kontrolliert wird diese vom Basler Gesundheitsdepartement. Teams kontrollieren regelmässig…
First Birds Rescued From California Oil Spill
A staff of California Department Fish & Wildlife examines a contaminated Sanderling from the oil spill in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021.Photo: Ringo H.W. Chiu (AP)After more than 126,000 gallons (or 3,000 barrels) of crude oil spilled out of a broken pipeline in Huntington Beach, California, this weekend, the first reports on…
Skydiggers & Birds of Bellwoods
Josh Finlayson of heralded roots-rock outfit Skydiggers joins us to chat about the group's latest album, Let's Get Friendship Right. What started as a project based on the five stages of grief blossomed into something far more expansive and diverse. Finlayson tells us about how the album came to be, the significance of recording at