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 …
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 …
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 …
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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