Sea birds are extremely important to coral reef ecosystems and are intrinsically linked to their nutrient cycle. Seabird guano helps maintain or even grow reefs and, by extension, the surrounding ecosystem. Seabirds are at risk from invasive rat populations in the surrounding archipelagos, but removing the rat infestations helps their populations and helps with overall […]
5 May 2026
Episode 4.2: No Fly Zone
Researchers have noticed that island birds are losing their ability to fly. When birds settle on islands, they start to undergo physical changes, such as smaller flight muscles and longer legs, due to the lack of predators on islands. It costs a lot of energy to maintain large flight muscles, so island birds have discovered […]
4 May 2026
Episode 4.3: Love in the nest
In this episode of Winging It, we dive into the very overlooked study of same sex parnerships in birds. Listeners will discover a little bit of why these partnerships have been dismissed as “human error” in scientific data and how experts like Dr. Natasha Gillies have been trying to bridge that gap in research. We […]
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