He is one of the leaders of the worldwide consortium that produced the new avian tree of life. The new study often relates bird groups in ways that may startle bird-watchers. But whether the new ...

as well as additional taxonomic information on more than a thousand birds not included in those studies. This data is now part of the Open Tree of Life (OpenTree) project—a collaboration between ...

“This is certainly not the last word on phylogeny of birds. We hope it will trigger additional efforts to continue improving our understanding of the avian tree of life.” Jetz, W ...

2 April, 2024, Sydney; In a world first, a team of international scientists including three Australians, Al-Aabid Chowdhury and Professor Simon Ho from University of Sydney, and Dr Jacqueline ...

is based on birds. Nevertheless, the avian tree-of-life has remained controversial and ... The center opens up a working state-of-the-art laboratory to Museum visitors, who will be able to observe ...

Found in South America, the hoatzin is a highly distinctive bird and the sole survivor of its lineage. Our study shows that some relationships in the tree of life can only be determined using huge ...