Natural History Wanderings

Science Daily reported on a global study that found birds with multiple plumage forms evolved into new species quicker than those bird species that have only one color form. This confirmed a 60 sixty year old theory of evolutionary biology. Although species other than birds display  multiple color forms, the researchers chose to focus on birds because of the large amount of data collected by birders.  The researchers collected several decades of information from birders and geneticists for the study.  Read more at Science Daily Bird color variations speed up evolution.