1. We examined how mate and site fidelity varied with age, experience and sex, and how age, breeding experience, mate experience, site experience and sex affected annual reproductive success and ...

We studied the relationship among re-mating, site fidelity and breeding performance in the tree swallow Tachycineta bicolor using 16 y of data on reproductive biology in a population breeding in nest ...

A pair of tree swallows that survived the record-breaking mid-March blizzard south of us last spring got directly to work when they finally arrived. They chose one of the nest boxes I maintain at a ...

Before the mass-breeding programs of the early 20th century, turkeys took roughly 28 weeks to get to their full size, growing at an estimated rate of about 0.75 to 1 pound per week, according to one ...

Now that spring is in the air, the UK is starting to see its summer visitors arriving. Ospreys are already back in their nests, chiffchaffs are singing their song to re-establish their territories, ...

Wild seabirds are more likely to split up in windy weather, according to a new study. The paper, published in the journal Animal Behaviour, was led by Edinburgh Napier University and also involved the ...

Spring is one of the most important seasons to support the garden birds in your backyard. It's the time of year birds begin nesting and breeding, and they could do with the support of gardeners to ...

Conservation rangers Sharyn Broni (left) and Colin Facer weigh an albatross on June 18, 2024, at Taiaroa Head, New Zealand. The Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand — It’s a reality show about a ...