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Had a great time being both a volunteer and visitor at the #ExRdFestival 🌿

In writing my bird eye color review paper, I’ve looked at thousands of bird eyes. Here’s a thread of my top 10 favorites ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Why do birds have all these crazy eye colors? Check out our paper, out now in Ibis: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/A…

Today Dr. William J. Ripple et al released the 2023 report on the terrifying state of our #climate. It should be read by every policymaker, decisionmaker, and journalist on the planet. Here is a thread of some key takeaways. 1/n

Extinction. These 12 bird species are by end of 2023 officially declared globally extinct. They are gone forever. Sadly, this figure is only for US territories. Wonder what the total figure (of officially declared bird extinction) would be globally?

AVOTREX: A global dataset of extinct birds and their traits. 🦤🌍 The dataset includes 610 extinct birds from last 130k years. This dataset includes details on species traits, mirroring the morphological data available for extant species in AVONET (1/8) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ge…

My very first paper🥳

🚨 Macro-scale analyses linking species traits and genomics reveal that the ancestors of modern birds underwent major pulses of evolutionary change related to ecological niche expansion immediately after the Cretaceous–Palaeogene transition. 🧪🌐🪶 nature.com/articles/s4158…

Do montane birds evolve more efficient wing shapes for flying at high elevations? Our global analysis published today suggests that they do! 🧵(1/8)⬇️ cell.com/current-biolog…