In particular, two flycatcher populations that lived on islands eight kilometers apart caught Mayr's eye. One had a chestnut-colored belly with an iridescent bluish-black backside, and the other was ...

Monarch flycatchers are small, insect-eating birds common in the Solomon Islands, east of Papua New Guinea. Uy and his team looked at two flycatcher populations: ...

In the Solomon Islands, east of New Guinea and northeast of Australia, lives the monarch flycatcher, a medium-size songbird, which is challenging the science world's understanding of evolution.

The popular view that islands were dead-ends of evolution may have to be rewritten after research published on Wednesday found exactly the opposite.

This is a recording of the jungle at dawn. The most prominent birds calling are a whistler (Pachycephala) and a monarch flycatcher (Monarcha). Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible ...