Study finds Southern California bird species evolved during pandemic: Here’s why

The COVID-19 pandemic changed a lot for human society – but it also caused a local species of bird to rapidly evolve, ...
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Urban birds rapidly changed their beaks when human food vanished

A UCLA campus shutdown during COVID revealed rapid evolution in urban birds, as junco beaks shifted with the rise and fall of ...
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Ocean Views - Snowbirds, tree swallows and winter finches

There are always exceptions, and perhaps you’ve had an especially rewarding bird sighting this fall, but generally, it has ...

Urban birds' beak shape rapidly changed during COVID-19 lockdowns, suggesting human-driven transformations

When the world slowed down during the COVID-19 pandemic, its effects extended beyond humans. A recent study found that it ...
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Without campus leftovers to pick through, the beaks of this bird changed shape during the pandemic

Dark-eyed juncos, a bird that typically live in mountain forests, have established thriving populations in Southern California cities, where they eat food people leave behind. A UCLA biologist ...

How the Pandemic Lockdowns Changed a Songbird’s Beak

For ecologists, the Covid-19 pandemic has presented a remarkable natural experiment in what can happen to wild animals when ...