New Zealand bird outwits alien predators
Wednesday, June 4, 2008 - 05:42
in Biology & Nature
New research published in this week's PLoS ONE, led by Dr Melanie Massaro and Dr Jim Briskie at the University of Canterbury, which found that the New Zealand bellbird is capable of changing its nesting behaviour to protect itself from predators, could be good news for island birds around the world at risk of extinction.