the government introduced a new derogation to the Birds Directive to ensure finch trapping could continue unabated. The European Commission has now described that derogation as “nearly identical ...

Widespread and abundant in much of North America, the introduced European starling is arguably and problematically the most successful bird on the continent. Often characterized as bold ...

The European Commission said on Wednesday that it has sent the Maltese government a letter of formal notice for failing to comply with a ruling related to the trapping of seven species of ...

Researchers have discovered that massive beaks and strong bites hinder the velocity of beak movement in songbirds. The ...

Seeds of all kinds were scarce. The small, soft ones were quickly exhausted by the birds, leaving mainly large, tough seeds that the finches normally ignore. Under these drastically changing ...

Why do you think the average beak depth of the birds increased?Because the drought reduced the number of seeds and finches with bigger beaks were able to eat the larger and harder seeds so more of ...

The Commission slams Malta for failing to comply with the Court of Justice’s judgment, noting that Malta failed to explain ...

The different finch species on the islands are closely related to each other, but show wide variations in beak and body size and feeding behaviour. In particular, changes to the size and shape of the ...