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  • Paper: Some birds steal hair from living mammals

    Screenshot from a video of a black-crested titmouse stealing fur from a sleeping fox, from the YouTube channel Texas Backyard Wildlife.

    Screenshot from a video of a black-crested titmouse stealing fur from a sleeping fox, from the YouTube channel Texas Backyard Wildlife.

    Photo courtesy Texas Backyard Wildlife

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  • Editor’s notes

    To reach Henry Pollock, email henry.s.pollock@gmail.com.

    To reach Mark Hauber, email mhauber@illinois.edu.

    To reach Jeffrey Brawn, email jbrawn@illinois.edu.

    The paper “What the pluck? Theft of mammal hair by birds is an overlooked but common behavior with fitness implications” is available online and from the U. of I. News Bureau.

    DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3501