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Bucknell Publishes New Research on Stress Hormones and Aggression in Birds

NorthCentralPA.com
This story reports on the new research led by Professor Morgan Benowitz-Fredericks, biology, and director of the animal behavior program, that reveals that heightened levels of corticosterone, a stress hormone, can push young seabirds toward extreme aggression, even killing their siblings in the nest.

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