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Biologist stunned by unusual materials found packed inside bird nest: 'The oldest layer is as old as me'
"All my life, a bird was nesting here." Biologist stunned by unusual materials found packed inside bird nest: 'The oldest ...
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Plastic ‘fossils’ help scientists reconstruct the history of bird nests
Plastic waste has let common coots reuse nests year after year. Scientists have now used the trash layers to date how old nests are.
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Plastic Triggered a New Geological Epoch—and the Evidence May Be in Bird Nests
In fact, this has already begun: Researchers revealed the history of bird nests in The Netherlands by scrutinizing plastic litter used in the nests’ construction. Many different birds ...
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These Birds Decorate Their Nests With Trash—Here’s Why
The Italian ecologist knew the trash hung from the nests of a certain bird, the black kite. But why? Many species of birds decorate their nests to attract a mate—but kites already have partners ...
Plastic trash in bird nests documents the Anthropocene epoch
What if expiration dates could tell us more than when something goes bad? Scientists have found that dates on plastic food ...
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Small bird, big trick: How a hummingbird chick acts like a caterpillar to survive
When Jay Falk and Scott Taylor first saw the white-necked Jacobin hummingbird chick in Panama’s dense rainforest, the bird biologists didn’t know what they were ...