Science news articles about 'lark'

The Sidamo lark could soon be the first bird on mainland Africa to die out since modern records began, a survey shows.

... falling asleep and disrupted sleep, and more susceptibility to stress and fatigue. They behave more like larks than owls, suggesting a delayed biological clock. “Addiction to cell phone is becoming ...

Feeling down? Wondering how to cheer up? Well perhaps all you have to do is sing a song. Hey, it works for birds. Researchers at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Japan have recently uncovered a ...

Could out-of-sync body clocks be contributing to human disease? Melissa Lee Phillips reports.

... of Nature - the producer each year of a Red List of endangered species - said the Sidamo lark could soon become Africa's first known bird extinction as the Ethiopian savanna becomes overgrown by bush ...

... its conservation sites there have already been dramatic increases in rare birds, plants and other butterflies, such as the wood lark, pale heath violet and the pearl-bordered fritillary, Thomas said.

... ," says Fu. In 2001, the team discovered a mutated gene that caused some members of several families to be "morning larks," awaking around 3:30 a.m. and going to bed around 7:30 p.m. The condition, ...

... of dogs and humans. "Dogs share many diseases and other traits with humans," Lark says. "That's why they were used for many decades so extensively for pharmaceutical and medical-physiological- ...