Jurassic fossil from China rewrites history of bird evolution
Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ago ...
Utah’s most mysterious bird is best researched around Valentine’s Day. Here’s why.
Utah biologists have been studying the state’s most elusive bird to learn more about its behavior and how to protect it in harsh mountain environments.
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Quail-sized feathered dinosaur may be the earliest known bird
Archaeopteryx, long considered the earliest fossil bird, could be knocked off its perch by Baminornis zhenghensis, which ...
Meet Gus, a pet parakeet who drank and swore and charmed
Held and Bellows--who live in Brunswick and are, respectively, a retired professor of psychology at Bowdoin College and a retired psychologist—fell hard for that pet and have now written a book about ...
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The Largest Flying Bird Varies by Wingspan, Height and Weight
Flightless species of birds (such as ostriches, which are the largest living birds) tend to outsize any of the largest birds ...
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Where Have All The Birds Gone?
Q: The amount of effort that goes into a Christmas Bird Count varies quite a bit across years and count circles. How do you deal with this issue when you calculate abundance trends? How do you know ...