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New bird discovered after its extinction
Mar 26, 2009 |
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After almost 120 years in the Natural History Museum collections, a new Colombian bird has been discovered, and proclaimed extinct.
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New fossil bird found
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 01, 2008 |
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Details of a fabulous new fossil bird from the world-famous fossil deposits of Liaoning in China, are published this week in the journal Science in China. Details of the bird's bone structure and feathers are ex ...
Global bird conservation effort lifts off
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Aug 13, 2007 |
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A massive international campaign is set to launch, intended to save the 189 bird species that face extinction.
New study shows bird population estimates are flawed
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Nov 21, 2008 |
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Most of what we know about bird populations stems from surveys conducted by professional biologists and amateur birdwatchers, but new research from North Carolina State University shows that the data from those surveys may ...
Bird species are saved from extinction
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Aug 28, 2006 |
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The first global audit of threatened species shows 16 species of birds nearly extinct in the mid-1990s have been saved, some increasing tenfold in number.
Bizarre bald bird discovered
Jul 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An odd songbird with a bald head living in a rugged region in Laos has been discovered by scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and University of Melbourne, as part of a project ...
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Origin of birds confirmed by exceptional new dinosaur fossils
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Sep 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Chinese scientists today reveal the discovery of five remarkable new feathered dinosaur fossils which are significantly older than any previously reported. The new finds are indisputably older ...
Grouse may rival owl's economic effect
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Mar 17, 2008 |
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Whether to declare the sage grouse an endangered species has pit environmentalists against ranchers in the northwestern United States.
Biologists consider unifying framework to explain evolutionary puzzles
Jun 03, 2009 |
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Birds are commonly thought of as being the paragon of monogamous fidelity, staying true to their mate for life. Yet, in most bird species, some nests contain offspring of individuals other than the one's tending the nest.
It's for the birds: Historical bird files give insight into climate change
Mar 18, 2009 |
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On Nov. 1, 1933, Mrs. Bruce Reid recorded seeing both a male and female ivory-billed woodpecker in Texas. And on May 28, 1938, Oscar McKinley Bryans observed a ruby-throated hummingbird in Michigan, noting that the birds ...
'Early bird' project really gets the worm
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Jun 26, 2008 |
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Scientists from the LSU Museum of Natural Science, or MNS, recently participated in a project joining together the most prominent ornithological research programs in the world. This study – the largest study of bird genetics ...
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