A rather plain but sweet-looking species called the Philadelphia vireo wasn’t studied a single time during this 55-year period, according to the analysis. This bias can create a negative ...

In the study "Six-decade research bias towards fancy and familiar bird species," newly published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, a team of researchers studied nearly ...

Bird Bias: With more than 11,000 different species, birds are some of the most diverse groups of vertebrates on Earth. Many avian species exhibit a range of ostentatious characteristics ...

Well, a new study is set to challenge over 100 years of bias in this area of research. By looking at over 400 mammal species, the team found some surprising results – in most cases, the males of ...

Each species, no matter how small, plays a role in sustaining the whole. This same principle applies to leadership: empathy, applied broadly and consistently, is a cornerstone of healthy and ...

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, he notes, has a bias toward vertebrates, which make up less than 6% of the Earth's named animal species. "There is also a need for more frequent climate ...