{
  "id": 15939022,
  "title": "Swiss barn owls are gradually changing color",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/swiss-barn-owls-are-gradually-changing-color",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-21T19:00:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-swiss-barn-owls-gradually.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Over the past 30 years, Swiss barn owls have become more reddish-brown and more heavily spotted. By analyzing the genomes of more than 3,000 birds, scientists at the University of Lausanne identified the genetic variants linked to these changes in plumage and revealed natural selection at work. Their findings, published in Nature Communications, show that evolution can happen rapidly in the wild.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}