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High-tech imaging of inner ear sheds light on hearing, behavior of oldest fossil bird
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 14, 2009 |
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The earliest known bird, the magpie-sized Archaeopteryx, had a similar hearing range to the modern emu, which suggests that the 145 million-year-old creature — despite its reptilian teeth and long tail — was ...
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Trotting with emus, walk with dinosaurs
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 25, 2006 |
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Scientists are watching emus to learn more about dinosaurs that once trotted along a long-lost U.S. coastline during the Middle Jurassic period.
Polygamy, Paternal Care in Birds Linked to Dinosaur Ancestors
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Dec 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Sure, they’re polygamous, but male emus and several other ground-dwelling birds also are devoted dads, serving as the sole incubators and caregivers to oversized broods from multiple mothers. ...
New research challenges long-held assumptions of flightless bird evolution
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Sep 03, 2008 |
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Large flightless birds of the southern continents – African ostriches, Australian emus and cassowaries, South American rheas and the New Zealand kiwi – do not share a common flightless ancestor as once believed.
University researchers promote new animal recognition technology
Jun 18, 2008 |
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Two entrepreneurial researchers from The University of Queensland and the University of Southern Queensland, have taken their collaborative research further along the commercialisation pathway with their appearance tonight ...
Eastern Montana's B. rex now yields female bone tissue
Jun 02, 2005 |
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It’s a girl … and she’s pregnant! Paleontologists at North Carolina State University have determined that a 68 million year-old Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil from Montana is that of a young female, and that she ...
Tassie tiger no match for dingo
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Sep 05, 2007 |
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The wily dingo out-competed the much larger marsupial thylacine by being better built anatomically to resist the “mechanical stresses” associated with killing large prey, say Australian scientists.
Lessons learned from drought deaths 40,000 years ago
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Nov 27, 2006 |
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Drought-stricken Australia should heed a warning from a new study that shows a series of massive droughts killed giant kangaroos and other "megafauna" in south-east Queensland 40,000 years ago, according to ...
Stegosaur plates and spikes for looks only, researchers say
May 16, 2005 |
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The bizarre plates and spikes that lined the backbones of the long-extinct stegosaurs were probably extreme examples of the often elaborate and colorful displays developed by animals to recognize fellow members ...
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