Research reveals why males outnumber females in bird world

Thursday, July 7, 2016 - 22:01 in Biology & Nature

New research reveals why males are outnumbering females in the bird world. Female birds 'fly the nest' from sparsely populated breeding sites leaving behind small groups of lonely males. The research is the first to show the causes of skewed sex ratios among small and declining bird populations.

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