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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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Climate change turning Aussie birds smaller: study
Aug 13, 2009 |
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Australian birds have shrunk over the past century because of global warming, scientists have found.
Birds may not have clawed their way up the evolutionary tree
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Nov 15, 2007 |
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University of Queensland researchers have clipped the wings of the idea that the ancestors of modern birds were tree dwellers.
Earliest birds acted more like turkeys than common cuckoos
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Nov 05, 2007 |
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The earliest birds acted more like turkeys than common cuckoos, according to a new report in the November 6th issue of Current Biology, a publication of Cell Press. By comparing the claw curvatures of ancient and modern birds, ...
Penguins might have outlived dinosaurs
Apr 12, 2006 |
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Penguin fossils found near Christchurch, New Zealand, suggest a previously unknown genus of ancient penguins may have outlived the dinosaurs.
Why dinosaurs had fowl breath
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Nov 07, 2007 |
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Scientists have discovered how dinosaurs used to breathe in what provides clues to how they evolved and how they might have lived.
Trivia time: Tom Turkey, T. rex related
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Nov 21, 2007 |
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The modern-day turkey on American tables and the extinct Tyrannosaurus rex have one thing in common: their wishbone.
Study: Dinosaurs are not birds' ancestors
Oct 10, 2005 |
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University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill scientists say no good evidence exists to indicate that dinosaurs are the ancestors of modern birds.
Birds 'See' Earth's Magnetic Field
Nov 16, 2009 |
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When birds migrate over long distances -- sometimes thousands of miles -- they usually end up in exactly the same place year after year. Such accurate feats of navigation, accomplished by millions of birds ...
Extinct New Zealand eagle may have eaten humans
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Sep 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Sophisticated computer scans of fossils have helped solve a mystery over the nature of a giant, ancient raptor known as the Haast's eagle which became extinct about 500 years ago, researchers said Friday.
Avian origins: new analysis confirms ancient beginnings
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Feb 05, 2008 |
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Did modern birds originate around the time of the dinosaurs' demise, or have they been around far longer?
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