birds

How does the bird never lose its way?

The Voice of Science website - the Israel National Science Foundation
May 9, 2025

Technological adaptation of brain activity recording for birds allows us, for the first time, to answer the eternal question: How do they know where to fly?

The divergent adaptation of cuckoos

Davidson Institute
January 30, 2025
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Cuckoos develop eggs and chicks that resemble those of their hosts, to avoid detection. When they have more than one host, this can lead to the creation of new species of cuckoos – especially if they are “violent”.

Who is braver, the city bird or the country bird?

Angle - a news agency for science and the environment
September 21, 2023

A new Israeli study examined the siksak, a common species of bird - and found that urban siksaks are braver than their rural brethren. Although we usually all appreciate this nice feature, it is possible

If birds were visible to the planes

Angle - a news agency for science and the environment
September 2, 2023

A new Israeli study presents a solution to the many accidents between aircraft and winged creatures, and for the first time succeeds in identifying with the help of radar flocks of large birds, which until now were considered "invisible"