introduce
Our charming feather friends
By Lisa Palatroni
Part 1: Evolution
1.1 Take wings
By Stephen Brussart
1.2 Fossil pigments reveal the dinosaur origin of bird egg color
by Kate King
1.3 Giants in the sky
Daniel T. Ksepka & Michael Habib
1.4 How do birds branch
by Kate King
1.5 Winged victory
by Kate King
1.6 Tastes like a pheasant
By Rachel Nouvel
1.7 The Bird’s Nest used to look more like a fortress
by Jilong
1.8 Avian genetic guidelines
By Sarah Levin Fraser
Part 2: Intelligence
2.1 The brain of a bird is much more like a human than imagined
By Brett Stetka
2.2 The amazing power of the bird’s heart
By Onur Güntürkün
2.3 Young crows compete with adult chimpanzees in the intelligence test
By Rachel Nouvel
2.4 Smart bird
Author: Carolyn “K-lynn” L. Smith & Sarah L. Zielinski
2.5 Crow understands analogy
Author: Lyle Castro and Ed Wasserman
2.6 Urban Birds: Fewer brains or more small brains
By Susan Budd
Part 3: Birdsong and Communication
3.1 Robin is a better musician than we thought
David Rosenberg
3.2 Lyrebird lied for sex
By Karen Hopkin
3.3 Chicks listen to their parents even before they are born
By Karen Hopkin
3.4 Warbler species stimulate song diversity
Author: Karen Kwon
3.5 Natural headwear
By Amy Strauss
3.6 Birds call wolves to deceive predators 40 times larger
Jason G. Goldman
Part 4: Migration and Behavior
4.1 100 years of bird pattern
Authors: Kate Wong, Jan Willem Tulp and Liz Wahid
4.2 Migratory Meteorologists
Learn through Joshua Lapp
4.3 Transfer learning
Jason G. Goldman
4.4 Snap Friends
By Leila Sloman
4.5 Flamingo is very picky about the company
Jason G. Goldman
4.6 Light pollution causes birds to build nests early-this may not be a bad thing
By Drew Higgins
4.7 Bird brawlers like bystanders-the circus welcomes other bird species
By Rachel Nouvel
4.8 The fierce woodpecker battle attracts bird spectators
By Jim Daly
4.9 Barn owl babies can be hatching companions
Jason G. Goldman
Part Five: Conservation and Ecology
5.1 Ecologists save vultures through helicopter parenting
Susan Kozier
5.2 Bird, interrupt
Amy Matthews Amos
5.3 Invasive species can sometimes help ecosystems
Samuel B. Case
5.4 The slimy mudflat biofilm feeds migratory birds-and may be threatened
Paige Embry
5.5 New Hope for Migratory Birds
Kate Bosler
5.6 The reused oyster breeding bags provide new space for migratory birds
Priyanka Runwal