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Bird: also known as Aves or avian dinosaurs, are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton. Birds live worldwide and range in size from the 5 cm (2 in) bee hummingbird to the 2.75 m (9 ft) ostrich. They rank as the world's most numerically-successful class of tetrapods, with approximately ten thousand living species, more than half of these being passerines, sometimes known as perching birds. Birds have wings which are more or less developed depending on the species; the only known groups without wings are the extinct moa and elephant birds.
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MAY 04, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Avian influenza has been rampaging in wild birds around the world since late 2021. It can be considered widespread in wi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 29, 2025Earth & The Environment
Bird Migration Shifts Climate change has been ongoing for decades, and as average temperatures around the world and in t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 23, 2025Earth & The Environment
How does climate change influence how birds can adjust to different climate conditions worldwide? This is what a recent ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 24, 2025Genetics & Genomics
A part of the brain called the pallium is responsible for complex functions and cognition, and is one thing that sets hu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 16, 2025Earth & The Environment
Do songbirds talk to each other during nocturnal migration, and how does this influence their migration? This is what a ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 05, 2025Microbiology
This story, like the virus it is about, continues to evolve. This article summarizes some of the recent findings and opi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 06, 2024Technology
How can birds inspire the design and construction of drones? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to ad ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 26, 2024Chemistry & Physics
Thanksgiving may have come and gone, but the lessons we learn from the holiday don’t end when the final plates are ...Written By: Hannah DanielNOV 15, 2024Microbiology
There are many processes and proteins that help the body fight a flu infection. One of them is known as IFITM3.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 20, 2024Microbiology
For the past several years, millions of birds around the world have been killed or culled because of a highly pathogenic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 06, 2024Earth & The Environment
Yosemite National Park is a world famous natural wonder with towering granite cliffs, gorgeous meadows, giant sequoias, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 28, 2024Microbiology
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is tracking H5N1, an avian influenza that has wreaked havoc on b ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 19, 2024Earth & The Environment
Scientists are using dinosaur tracks found in rock formations in Northwestern Alaska to learn more about the climate of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 12, 2024Microbiology
In late February, a research team determined that birds on Antarctica's mainland have been infected with highly pathogen ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 20, 2024Genetics & Genomics
In DNA, retrotransposons can move around and insert themselves into other parts of genomes with a kind of copy and paste ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 14, 2024Cancer
Today, in parts of North America, Europe, and Australia, people celebrate Valentine’s Day, where we gift those we ...Written By: Katie KokolusFEB 07, 2024Earth & The Environment
California's Central Valley is a vital agricultural region. The San Joaquin Valley sits in its souther portion, and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 07, 2024Earth & The Environment
Mercury (Hg) is an extremely toxic element. The use of mercury in industry is being phased out in many places ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 05, 2024Microbiology
Bacterial infections have always posed problems for people, and we have found ways to treat them with antibiotics. But b ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 07, 2023Plants & Animals
A recent study published in Nature Communications examines how increased levels of artificial light, specifically in urb ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 11, 2023Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in The Royal Society’s Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical Physical and Engineerin ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 10, 2023Genetics & Genomics
In the past few years, the H5N1 bird flu has led to the deaths of millions of wild and farmed birds around the world. It ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 21, 2023Earth & The Environment
Some scientists have suggested that a sixth mass extinction is underway on Earth. A new study has confirmed those findin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 14, 2023Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Ecography examines how climate change could impact how birds and bats could become more prev ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 04, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Avian influenza has been rampaging in wild birds around the world since late 2021. It can be considered widespread in wi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 29, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Bird Migration Shifts Climate change has been ongoing for decades, and as average temperatures around the world and in t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 23, 2025
Earth & The Environment
How does climate change influence how birds can adjust to different climate conditions worldwide? This is what a recent
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 24, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
A part of the brain called the pallium is responsible for complex functions and cognition, and is one thing that sets hu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 16, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Do songbirds talk to each other during nocturnal migration, and how does this influence their migration? This is what a
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 05, 2025
Microbiology
This story, like the virus it is about, continues to evolve. This article summarizes some of the recent findings and opi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 06, 2024
Technology
How can birds inspire the design and construction of drones? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to ad
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 26, 2024
Chemistry & Physics
Thanksgiving may have come and gone, but the lessons we learn from the holiday don’t end when the final plates are
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
NOV 15, 2024
Microbiology
There are many processes and proteins that help the body fight a flu infection. One of them is known as IFITM3.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 20, 2024
Microbiology
For the past several years, millions of birds around the world have been killed or culled because of a highly pathogenic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 06, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Yosemite National Park is a world famous natural wonder with towering granite cliffs, gorgeous meadows, giant sequoias,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 28, 2024
Microbiology
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is tracking H5N1, an avian influenza that has wreaked havoc on b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 19, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Scientists are using dinosaur tracks found in rock formations in Northwestern Alaska to learn more about the climate of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 12, 2024
Microbiology
In late February, a research team determined that birds on Antarctica's mainland have been infected with highly pathogen
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 20, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
In DNA, retrotransposons can move around and insert themselves into other parts of genomes with a kind of copy and paste
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 14, 2024
Cancer
Today, in parts of North America, Europe, and Australia, people celebrate Valentine’s Day, where we gift those we
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
FEB 07, 2024
Earth & The Environment
California's Central Valley is a vital agricultural region. The San Joaquin Valley sits in its souther portion, and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 07, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Mercury (Hg) is an extremely toxic element. The use of mercury in industry is being phased out in many places ...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 05, 2024
Microbiology
Bacterial infections have always posed problems for people, and we have found ways to treat them with antibiotics. But b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 07, 2023
Plants & Animals
A recent study published in Nature Communications examines how increased levels of artificial light, specifically in urb
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 11, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in The Royal Society’s Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical Physical and Engineerin
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 10, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
In the past few years, the H5N1 bird flu has led to the deaths of millions of wild and farmed birds around the world. It
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 21, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Some scientists have suggested that a sixth mass extinction is underway on Earth. A new study has confirmed those findin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 14, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Ecography examines how climate change could impact how birds and bats could become more prev
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc