Month: January 2020

January 3, 2020

Birds sound off when aircraft fly by

When researchers studied the effects of aircraft flying over national parks, they expected the noise would cover up any bird song, and maybe cause birds to startle and hush up....

January 2, 2020

Military bases can help protect marsh birds

A handful of military bases around the United States could play an outsized role in marsh bird conservation. “Our models provide some tangible predictions for which sites are the most...

January 2, 2020

Bats are resilient to megafires in the West

As burning from lightning-caused wildfires intensifies in the West, researchers were surprised to find that a number of bats are adapting well to the changes. “We were interested in how...

January 2, 2020

Biologists sequence every U.S., Canadian butterfly genome

Researchers say they have sequenced the genome of every butterfly species in the United States and Canada — what they are calling a “complete butterfly continent.” Biologists at the University...