Hello tweeties,

some of my former colleagues published a really hot paper about the evolutionary relationships between all major bird groups. they made some really interesting and surprising discoveries, including PARROTS and SONGBIRDS are each other's closet relatives!! you can read more about this work and see the published data here;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/06/early_birds_shake_up_avian_tre.php

cheers,

GrrlScientist
Devorah
http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/
Roosting high up a tree somewhere in Central Park, NYC