The results provide real-time evidence for one of Charles Darwin's famous theories and shed light on how pressure from human activity can impact wildlife's evolution. Mountain chickadees, common ...
A black-capped chickadee by any other name is a Poecile atricapillus. That’s the bird’s scientific name, the reference used worldwide to avoid the confusion a list of local names could offer.
Mountain chickadees in Boulder have evolved a different tune to avoid getting mixed up with their cousins, according to a new CU Boulder-led study published Oct. 9 in the Journal of Evolutionary ...