Tag: birds

under the microscope

How do birds migrate such long distances?

April 25, 2023

With the aid of proteins called cryptochromes that work as blue-light-sensitive photoreceptors. It gets more complicated from there. “In a way, it appears that bird’s eyes can “see” magnetic fields, giving a completely new meaning to the phrase “from a […]

fun facts

Bird–building collisions in the United States.

August 14, 2022

“We reviewed the published literature and acquired unpublished datasets to systematically quantify bird–building collision mortality and species-specific vulnerability. Based on 23 studies, we estimate that between 365 and 988 million birds (median = 599 million) are killed annually by building […]