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#bowerbirds are the only birds that build structures used specifically for courtship. But why and how did this remarkable ability evolve?

We discuss some possibilities in our new review in Emu - Austral Ornithology!

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07.10.2025 09:07 — 👍 19    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0

ASAB @asab.org conference grants for the Winter meeting in Edinburgh, up to £500, close 1st October!

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All the details needed are here:
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Don't forget I also need a referee statement emailed direct by the same deadline!

27.09.2025 06:57 — 👍 15    🔁 12    💬 0    📌 2

Amazing riflebirds! We did not dare to write that males 'mesmerize' females with their spectacular displays, but .... judge yourself!
Photo by Thomas MacGillavry
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29.09.2025 15:27 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

Picture of a garden warbler. Photo credit: Erica Calabretta

Fig. 3 from the article: Stress-induced corticosterone concentrations (partial residuals) in (a) whitethroats and (b) garden warblers as a function of air temperature measured along the Mediterranean route to Ponza during the night before the bird's arrival

NEW PAPER: investigating hormonal mechanisms and energy conditions of birds at stopover in relation to weather conditions encountered over the Mediterranean Sea route during pre-breeding migration.

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#ornithology #birds 🪶
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12.09.2025 14:12 — 👍 10    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

Are you a student at Vetmeduni Vienna? Are you looking for a Master or Diploma thesis in the field of ecophysiology? We may have the right project for you✨ with Marcin Tobolka, Joanna Bialas ✨👇 vetmeduni.ac.at/fileadmin/v/...
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23.03.2025 23:09 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

Garden warbler. Photo by Julia Slezacek

The biggest surprise: Passerines have lost ghrelin, the 'hunger hormone'.
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21.03.2025 15:51 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

I wrote a piece on how cool this new ruff paper is. Total endocrine game-changer! Congrats to the authors on a rad discovery. doi.org/10.1126/scie...

24.01.2025 05:36 — 👍 59    🔁 18    💬 0    📌 0

Super-fast breakdown or testosterone regulate male phenotypes in ruffs © MPI for Biological Intelligence / Axel Griesch

Super-fast breakdown or testosterone regulate male phenotypes in ruffs
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