Birds
Massive Group of Birds Flights Simultaneously
The book on the evolution of birds and flight just got a couple new pages as fossilized footprints in Australia turn out to be the oldest known bird tracks on the continent down under.
The Maniraptorans were small, meat-eating dinosaurs, and lived approximately 150 million years ago. Theropods first appeared 230 million years ago and possessed many early vestiges of birds, including hollow, air-filled bones, wishbones, and feathers.
Sometimes it is just easier to hide in plain sight. A new team of international researchers have discovered a new species of bird that has been living among 1.5-million people for quite some time now.
Genitalia can be considered one of nature's most important treasures - so vital we've taken to calling some of ours 'jewels.' Birds, however, seemed to have gotten screwed out of their share. Sure, some species like ducks are equipped with body-length corkscrews, but many birds lack a penis. A new study, however, may have figured out the mystery behind the Case of the Missing Bird Penis.
A new study claims that toucans are able to help spread special seeds that are the key to helping the rain forest grow.
a new study shows that dinosaurs sat and kept their eggs warm in their nests like birds.
Anybody looking to blow some money on some rather unique artifacts will have a great shot at Christie's in South Kensington, London on April 24. The auction house will be putting up a rare fossilized dodo bird femur and a sub-fossilized Elephant bird egg for eager buyers.
After examining the incomplete fossil records of birds in the Pacific Islands, scientists have come up with a rather alarming conclusion: humans who settled the area are responsible for the mass extinction of over 1,000 bird species in the area.
Most of us find them incredibly annoying and quite filthy, but rock pigeons (more commonly known as the pigeon) carry a rich history within their feathers. Some of them sport a unique head crest, and a new first-of-its-kind study has traced back the roots of this quite-obvious characteristic.
