The lure of little guys of the wrong species — plus an invasion of flies — may drive one of Darwin’s finch species toward extinction. Diverse finches that Darwin saw scattered across the Galápagos ...

Using data on four species of Darwin's finches on the Galápagos Islands, researchers led by McGill University have confirmed a long-standing hypothesis that species diversity evolves through ...

There are now at least 13 species of finches on the Galapagos Islands, each filling a different niche on different islands. All of them evolved from one ancestral species, which colonized the islands ...

Despite the traditional view that species do not exchange genes by hybridisation, recent studies show that gene flow between closely related species is more common than previously thought. A team of ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The finches that call Ecuador’s Galápagos Islands home are ...

Spruce trees provide two types of food; cones like this one that contain seeds for birds to eat and needles that caterpillars eat. / BILL DANIELSON / For the Gazette Sign up for the Gazette's morning ...

The type of seed that attracts the widest variety of birds to your feeders is sunflower seed, according to Cornell’s ...

Backyard birds may seem ordinary, but there's more than meets the eye. Our database shows you the top ten birds in your state ...

New research could ruffle some feathers in the birding world. It finds that Redpolls, a bird found in the Arctic that will sometimes come to the Southern latitudes during the winter and can be hard to ...

To put it simply, volcanoes erupt while bird populations irrupt. An “irruption” is described as “a dramatic, irregular migration of large numbers of birds to an area where they are not typically found ...

New research from CU Boulder confirms that there are not, in fact, multiple species of Redpoll Finches, as previously thought For birders struggling to figure out what kind of Redpoll they’re watching ...