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An endangered seabird is shifting its migratory patterns to more hospitable climates, and researchers recently learned that the bird's actions offer a unique…
<ul> <li>New research finds that individual behavioural flexibility and not evolutionary selection is driving the northward shift of Balearic shearwaters.</li> <li>The findings were revealed through a decade-long study which tagged individual birds.</li> <li>The results indicate that individual animals may have greater behavioural flexibility to respond to climate change impacts than previously thought.</li>
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