http://www.huliq.com/tags/birds The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.huliq.com/508/83842/report-bird-watching-participation-boosts-us-economy A new report by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service entitled `Birding the United States: A Demographic and Economic Analysis` reveals that bird watching contributes as much as $36 billion to the U.S. economy. http://www.huliq.com/508/83842/report-bird-watching-participation-boosts-us-economy#comments Business bird watching birds US Economy Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:17:46 -0500 JoeSimmons 83842 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/11/82175/birds-alter-songs-reaction-habitat-change Elizabeth Derryberry, post-doctoral researcher at the LSU Museum of Natural Science, has found a link between alterations in bird songs and the rapid change in the surrounding habitat. Her research will be featured in the July 2009 issue of the American Naturalist. http://www.huliq.com/11/82175/birds-alter-songs-reaction-habitat-change#comments Science birds songbirds Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:50:36 -0500 harminka 82175 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/11/81846/bats-recognize-individual-voices-other-bats Bats can use the characteristics of other bats' voices to recognize each other, according to a study by researchers from the University of Tuebingen, Germany and the University of Applied Sciences in Konstanz, Germany. The study, published June 5 in the open-access journal PLoS Computational Biology, explains how bats use echolocation for more than just spatial knowledge. http://www.huliq.com/11/81846/bats-recognize-individual-voices-other-bats#comments Science Bats birds Fri, 05 Jun 2009 06:58:16 -0500 harminka 81846 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/11/81160/environment-changes-bird-songs Just as a changing radio landscape has made it tough for Foghat to get much airplay these days, so it is for birdsongs according to new research published in The American Naturalist. http://www.huliq.com/11/81160/environment-changes-bird-songs#comments Science birds birdsongs Environment Wed, 20 May 2009 13:31:21 -0500 harminka 81160 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/11/80380/birds-can-dance People aren't the only ones who've got rhythm. Two reports published online on April 30th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, reveal that birds – and parrots in particular – can also bob their heads, tap their feet, and sway their bodies along to a musical beat. http://www.huliq.com/11/80380/birds-can-dance#comments Science birds Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:28:40 -0500 harminka 80380 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/11/76327/study-may-give-hope-ivory-billed-woodpeckers-still-around Until credible sightings popped up three years ago, the scientific world was in agreement that ivory-billed woodpeckers had gone the way of the dodo. http://www.huliq.com/11/76327/study-may-give-hope-ivory-billed-woodpeckers-still-around#comments Science birds ivory Sun, 18 Jan 2009 12:30:31 -0600 harminka 76327 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/11/75996/giant-bird-poo-records-pre-human-new-zealand A treasure trove of information about pre-human New Zealand has been found in faeces from giant extinct birds, buried beneath the floor of caves and rock shelters for thousands of years. http://www.huliq.com/11/75996/giant-bird-poo-records-pre-human-new-zealand#comments Science bird extinction birds Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:21:39 -0600 harminka 75996 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/11/75858/why-swamp-sparrow-hitting-high-notes Birdsongs are used extensively as models for animal signaling and human speech, offering a glimpse of how our own communicating abilities developed. http://www.huliq.com/11/75858/why-swamp-sparrow-hitting-high-notes#comments Science birds songbirds sparrows Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:33:12 -0600 harminka 75858 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/11/71588/genetic-evidence-avian-influenza-movement-asia-north-america Wild migratory birds may be more important carriers of avian influenza viruses from continent to continent than previously thought, according to new scientific research that has important implications for highly pathogenic avian influenza virus surveillance in North America. http://www.huliq.com/11/71588/genetic-evidence-avian-influenza-movement-asia-north-america#comments Health Avian Influenza birds Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:48:24 -0500 harminka 71588 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/11/70250/dam-good-songbirds The songbird has a friend in the beaver. According to a study by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), the busy beaver's signature dams provide critical habitat for a variety of migratory songbirds, particularly in the semi-arid interior of the West. http://www.huliq.com/11/70250/dam-good-songbirds#comments Science beavers birds songbirds Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:36:47 -0500 harminka 70250 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/11/70070/bird-diversity-lessens-human-exposure-west-nile-virus A study by biologists at Washington University in St. Louis shows that the more diverse a bird population is in an area, the less chance humans have of exposure to West Nile Virus (WNV). Now, let's hear it for the birds. http://www.huliq.com/11/70070/bird-diversity-lessens-human-exposure-west-nile-virus#comments Health birds West Nile virus Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:08:47 -0500 harminka 70070 at http://www.huliq.com http://www.huliq.com/11/69927/gene-expression-alligators-suggests-birds-have-thumbs The latest breakthrough in a 120 year-old debate on the evolution of the bird wing was published in the open-access journal PLoS ONE, October 3, by Alexander Vargas and colleagues at Yale University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. http://www.huliq.com/11/69927/gene-expression-alligators-suggests-birds-have-thumbs#comments Science birds gene expression Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:42:53 -0500 harminka 69927 at http://www.huliq.com