Playing songs to Darwin's finches helps confirm link between environmental change and emergence of new species
They say that hindsight is 20/20, and though the theory of ecological speciation—which holds that new species emerge in ...
New species of Galapagos finch ‘can arise after just six consecutive droughts’
The Darwin finches, a group of about 18 species of passerine birds, are well known for their wide diversity in beak form and ...
Scientists simulate calls of ‘future finches’
The finches that call Ecuador’s Galápagos Islands home are biological rock stars, as they provided a key piece of evidence ...
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Musical Experiment Links Climate and Environment to Darwin's Finch Evolutionary Change
The Importance of Darwin's Finches. The group turned to a well-studied species - the so-called Darwin's Finches, named ...
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How playing songs to Darwin's finches helped biologists confirm link between environment and the emergence of new species
They say that hindsight is 20/20, and though the theory of ecological speciation -- which holds that new species emerge in response to ecological changes -- seems to hold in retrospect, it has been ...
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Galápagos finches could be singing a different song after repeated drought—one that leads to speciation
Galápagos finches use their beaks to crush seeds and sing songs, so what happens to their musical trills when their beaks change to respond to new menus available under drought? Jeffrey Podos and ...
New species of Galapagos finch can emerge after just six consecutive droughts, scientists say
The Galapagos is a province in Ecuador well known for the diversity of finches, who helped British naturalist Charles Darwin ...
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Scientists simulate calls of ‘future finches’
The finches that call Ecuador’s Galápagos Islands home are biological rock stars, as they provided a key piece of evidence for Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.One reason for this is how ...
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New species of Galapagos finch ‘can arise after just six consecutive droughts’
The Darwin finches, a group of about 18 species of passerine birds, are well known for their wide diversity in beak form and function. The beaks of Darwin’s medium ground finches can evolve to ...