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Why some birds become fearless on remote islands

Imagine a bird landing on a peaceful island thousands of years ago. No predators. No danger hiding in the shadows. No urgent ...
People

Birds on a Remote Island Make 'Gut-Wrenching Crunching Sounds' Because They Are Full of Littered Plastics

Researchers found 778 individual pieces of plastic in one bird on Australia's Lord Howe Island Rachel McRady is a Digital News Editor at PEOPLE. She has been an entertainment journalist for more than ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Why Island Birds Have Bigger Brains Than Their Mainland Counterparts

It’s a classic chicken-versus-egg quandary: Are big-brained—and therefore smarter—birds more likely to find their way to islands, or does island living trigger brain growth? Scientists have long ...
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Tiny Wasps Are Saving Rare Island Birds from Extinction: ‘A Much-Needed Lifeline’

Conservationists credit a species of parasitoid wasp for keeping Wilkins’ Bunting birds alive Peter Ryan/RSPB The Wilkins’ Bunting birds, a rare species living on the Nightingale Island in the South ...
The Florida Times-Union

Birds vanish from Port Orange’s 'Bird Island'

In a mystery that has residents and scientists stumped, the birds that give Seabird Island in Port Orange its name have left their island home. Local residents say huge flocks of brown pelicans, ...
Forbes

A Biologist Spotlights 4 Birds Of Earth’s Most Remote Island. Hint: The Island Belongs To Norway, But It’s In The Opposite Hemisphere

What’s your guess for Earth’s most isolated island? It’s not Hawaii. It’s not Fiji. In fact, if you’re thinking beaches, palm trees and turquoise water, you’d be dead wrong. The most isolated island ...
Phys.org

Could your housemates be changing your gut bacteria? An island bird study suggests so

Living with friends may quietly be altering your gut bacteria, according to a new study from the University of East Anglia. Research on a colony of tiny island birds reveals they share more of their ...
The Boston Globe

This island and its birds are like a Hitchcock movie — it’s madness, but also part miracle

MARION — “Let’s hope they go for the stick instead of your face,” Carolyn Mostello said as she took a reporter’s hat and readied it for Bird Island by duct-taping a wooden paint stirrer to the back, ...
Newsweek

Invasive Birds Have Taken Over This Hawaiian Island. Now They’re Playing a Key Role in the Ecosystem

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Something unusual has happened on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, where ...
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Hampton's island of birds: A rare glimpse at a conservation effort unlike any other in Virginia

HAMPTON, Va. — Down the coast of Buckroe Beach and Fort Monroe, in the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, the everyday boater or person isn't allowed too close to the permanently closed historic Fort Wool.
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Birds on a Remote Island Make 'Gut-Wrenching Crunching Sounds' Because They Are Full of Littered Plastics

Scientists in Australia have discovered a disturbing new feature of the birds found around the remote Lord Howe Island in New South Wales: they crunch. The picturesque landscape, located about a ...