Although the mountain chickadee is the black-capped’s closest relative, the Carolina chickadee likely will cause the most trouble, especially in late spring and summer when the black-capped’s ...

Amid cuts to federal funding, US universities tighten budgets, forcing PhD students and early-career researchers to navigate an uncertain future. After widespread government layoffs, scientists worry ...

Black-capped chickadees are found at feeders throughout ... nuthatches, warblers, brown creepers, kinglets and the occasional woodpecker. When these sociable birds aren’t weaving through ...

A fledgling black capped chickadee. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any ...

Wagner DN, Curry RL, Chen N, Lovette IJ, Taylor SA. 2020. Genomic regions underlying metabolic and neuronal signaling pathways are temporally consistent outliers in a moving avian hybrid zone.

The chestnut-backed chickadee is curious about humans ... but it varies in intensity. The cap is dark brown, shading to black at its lower edge from the bill through the eye; the cheek is white ...