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What messages are bird bacteria sending?

November 20, 2019

To communicate with each other, birds use songs, calls and plumage. But they also use scent, thanks to oil glands above the tail — and maybe also, according to recent research, thanks to bacteria. In …

TWS Wildlife News

From Pristine to Polluted and Back — from The Wildlife Professional

May 15, 2017

The waters of Maine’s Lake Auburn were renowned for being pristine. Surrounded by fields, forests and the grassy campus of Central Maine Community College, the 2,260-acre lake above the towns of Auburn and Lewistown was …

Conservation News

The good bacteria are in the flowers

September 28, 2016

Flowers might be a hot spot for transmission of bacteria to bees, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing, according to recent research. As part of a study published in the journal Microbial Ecology, researchers …

Conservation News

A look at the possible role of bacteria in plumage degradation

July 13, 2016

All birds normally fly around with bacteria on their wings, but researchers wanted to know how those microorganisms affect their plumage. In the study published in the Auk: Ornithological Advances, researchers collected data from more …

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