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Life on Earth
May 3
The diets of ancient birds
Fossils of extinct birds shed new light on the roles these animals played…
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Feb 9
Bright wings
Complex feather color patterns lead to more rapid color evolution in kingfisher birds.
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Sep 7, 2022
When did birds start eating fruit?
New scans of ancient fossils reveal one of the first ever…
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May 2, 2020
Migration, it’s in their genes
Tracing the evolutionary history of the European blackcap using…
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Sep 11, 2019
Could a goose fly over Mount Everest?
Wind tunnel experiments reveal the secrets of the high-flying…
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Life on Earth
Aug 7, 2019
Safe landing
How do birds manage to land on perches that have different diameters and textures?
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Jun 30, 2019
Birds of different feathers flock together
Different sized birds follow the same rules when flying in…
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Jun 2, 2019
The most bird-like bird from the Jurassic
A 150-million-year-old fossilized wing skeleton shows…
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Nov 18, 2016
Size doesn’t matter – power and shape do
Muscle capacity and wing shape determine how well…
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Aug 5, 2016
Birds of a feather evolve to flock together
Natural selection can allow a population to develop the…
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