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Published Where have all the birds gone? - Where Have All the Birds Gone?
(via sciencedaily.com) A new study has revealed that over the last 20,000 to 50,000 years, birds have undergone a major ext ...
Published Flightless bird species at risk of extinction - Flightless Bird Species at Risk of Extinction
(via sciencedaily.com) Bird species that have lost the ability to fly through evolution have become extinct more often than ...
Published Toothy grins from the past: Ancient birds replaced their teeth like living crocodilians - Toothy Grins from the Past: Ancient Birds Replaced Their Teeth Like Living Crocodilians
(via sciencedaily.com) The first 3D reconstructions of extinct Cretaceous birds reveal a reptilian tooth replacement patter ...
Published Planet's rarest birds at higher risk of extinction - Planet's Rarest Birds at Higher Risk of Extinction
(via sciencedaily.com) A new study finds that bird species with extreme or uncommon combinations of traits face the highest ...
Published Tiny New Zealand bird delivers a lesson in birdsong evolution
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Scientists are rethinking the evolution of vocal learning in birds. New Zealand's smallest bird, the ...
Published Wing shape determines how far birds disperse - Wing Shape Determines How Far Birds Disperse
(via sciencedaily.com) Bird dispersal movements are thought to depend on complex demographic and genetic factors. Researche ...
Published Scientists develop new index based on functional morphology to understand how ancestors of modern birds used their wings - Scientists Develop New Index Based on Functional Morphology to Understand How Ancestors of Modern Birds Used Their Wings
(via sciencedaily.com) Scientists have compared the relationship among the strength of flight bones, body mass, and the way...
Published Fossils reveal how ancient birds molted their feathers -- which could help explain why ancestors of modern birds survived when all the other dinosaurs died
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Birds are the only group of dinosaurs that survived the asteroid-induced mass extinction 66 million ...
Published The ancestor of all modern birds probably had iridescent feathers
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Birds tend to be more colorful in the tropics, and scientists wanted to find out how they got there: ...
Published Fossil bird's skull reconstruction reveals a brain made for smelling and eyes made for daylight - Fossil Bird's Skull Reconstruction Reveals a Brain Made for Smelling and Eyes Made for Daylight
(via sciencedaily.com) Piecing together the crushed skull of a fossil bird that lived alongside the dinosaurs helped resear ...
Published Quartz crystals in the stomach of fossil bird complicates the mystery of its diet - Quartz Crystals in the Stomach of Fossil Bird Complicates the Mystery of Its Diet
(via sciencedaily.com) The fossil of a bird that lived alongside the dinosaurs was found with some sort of rocks in its sto ...
Published Giant fossil's 'bird-brain' - Giant Fossil's 'Bird-Brain': A Fascinating Discovery
(via sciencedaily.com) The largest flightless bird ever to live weighed in up to 600kg and had a whopping head about half a ...
Published Introduced birds are not replacing roles of human-caused extinct species - Introduced Birds Are Not Replacing Roles of Human-Caused Extinct Species
(via sciencedaily.com) Human-caused bird extinctions are driving losses of functional diversity on islands worldwide, and t ...
Published Bird brains left other dinosaurs behind - Bird Brains Left Other Dinosaurs Behind
(via sciencedaily.com) Research on a newly discovered bird fossil found that a unique brain shape may be why the ancestors ...
Published Fossil bird with fancy tail feathers longer than its body - Fossil Bird with Fancy Tail Feathers Longer than its Body
(via sciencedaily.com) Peacock tails are just one example of how evolution walks a line between favoring traits that make i...
Published Rapidly diversifying birds in Southeast Asia offer new insights into evolution - Rapidly Diversifying Birds in Southeast Asia Offer New Insights into Evolution
(via sciencedaily.com) New findings from zoologists working with birds in Southeast Asia are shining fresh light on the con ...
Published Fossil named 'Attenborough's strange bird' was the first in its kind without teeth
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A new fossil, named 'Attenborough's strange bird' after naturalist and documentarian Sir David Atten ...
Published Fossil overturns more than a century of knowledge about the origin of modern birds - Fossil Overturns More Than a Century of Knowledge About the Origin of Modern Birds
(via sciencedaily.com) Fossilized fragments of a skeleton, hidden within a rock the size of a grapefruit, have helped upend...
Published Fight or flight? How birds are helping to reveal the mysteries of evolution - Fight or Flight? How Birds are Helping to Reveal the Mysteries of Evolution
(via sciencedaily.com) New research uncovers the negative link between flight-worthiness and fight-worthiness in birds. Evo ...
Published Researchers' analysis of perching birds points to new answers in evolutionary diversification
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source When Charles Darwin traveled to the Galapagos Islands almost 200 years ago as a gentleman naturalist...