How Galápagos finches evade a parasitic fly Date: August 10, 2021 Source: Flinders University Summary: Darwin's finches on the Galápagos Islands are once again providing insights into the theory ...

But hybrids — with one parent of each species — fared far better in attracting mates, with song quality having no measured effect on whether these birds made a match. Only 2, or 7 percent, of ...

Eyewitnesses to Speciation. In 1981, Peter and Rosemary Grant, the famous husband-and-wife team of evolutionary biologists at Princeton University, had already been studying Darwin’s finches on the ...

A hybrid bird species on the Galapagos Islands could help scientists find a way to stop an invasive fly which is killing off the hatchlings of famous Darwin's finches at an alarming rate ...

For example, the famous Galápagos Islands finches named for Charles Darwin picked up survival advantages by interbreeding with other finch species (SN: 3/7/15, p. 7). But more often, hybrids don ...

Playing songs to Darwin's finches helps confirm link between environmental change and emergence of new species. Story by Science X staff • 4mo. T hey say that hindsight is 20/20, ...

Golden-crowned manakins (Lepidothrix vilasboasi) are hybrid birds in the Amazon rainforest. They are born from the interbreeding of snow-capped manakins ( Lepidothrix nattereri ) and opal-crowned ...

Individuals within a population vary in their traits. Supported by: Figure 1: Histogram of distribution of beak depth of medium ground finches. Figure 2: Relationship between beak depth of ...