Scans of the most well-preserved fossil of a prehistoric flying reptile with intact feathers have revealed how the first birds managed to fly while their non-bird dinosaur cousins could not. The ...
More than 99% of birds can fly. But that still leaves many species that evolved to be flightless, including penguins, ...
Migratory birds change how high they fly over deserts and seas. Wing shape, feather color, and heat all play a role in ...
Avian plumage doesn’t simply enable flight–this miracle of Nature provides birds with protection, shape and colour and ...
No longer. Vanya and his father, Sievert Rohwer, an influential feather researcher and curator emeritus at the Burke Museum at the University of Washington in Seattle, believe that the tiny filoplume ...
More than 99% of birds can fly. But that still leaves many species that evolved to be flightless, including penguins, ostriches, and kiwi birds. In a new study in the journal Evolution, researchers ...
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