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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 25, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
As the world continues to warm, scientists are learning more about how climate change will affect the organisms living o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 19, 2019
Earth & The Environment
After years of scientific evidence that neonicotinoid pesticides are harmful to bees and other pollinators (LABROOTS INF
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 12, 2019
Plants & Animals
The kakapo parrot (Strigops habroptilus), recognized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as a c
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 07, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
Reducing atmospheric greenhouse gas and finding alternative fuel source are two of the top priorities of the energy indu
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
APR 30, 2019
Plants & Animals
Are we underestimating the frequency at which bonobos choose to devour meat? It might seem like a stretch, but according
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 23, 2019
Plants & Animals
Good news for all those animal lovers out there: the New Zealand Department of Conservation claims that the kakapo parro
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 22, 2019
Earth & The Environment
The worldwide celebration of Earth Day began on April 22, 1970, when people rallied together to protest the declining bi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 17, 2019
Plants & Animals
Animal conservationists frequently attach GPS tracking tags to animals to better understand their lifestyles and movemen
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 16, 2019
Plants & Animals
Perhaps the most easily discernable dinosaur of all time is the Tyrannosaurus Rex, made infamous by Hollywood films such
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 09, 2019
Plants & Animals
It’s not uncommon for paleontologists to unearth dinosaur fossils in the form of well-preserved bones or tracks, b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 02, 2019
Plants & Animals
The world’s oceans are supposed to be a haven for marine wildlife, but have instead become some of humankind&rsquo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 01, 2019
Microbiology
Microbes appear to be able to move through the air over thousands of miles, without having to use an animal to move them
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 24, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
A team of researchers wanted to know more about how aging and raising offspring are related, and looked to the Seychelle
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 18, 2019
Plants & Animals
It’s an unfortunate reality that the Earth’s vast oceans are littered with human-made trash and debris, much
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 13, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists discover what controls the circadian clock in plants.
Written By:
Carly Boyd
MAR 07, 2019
Microbiology
Swarming behavior has been observed throughout biology; cells, insects, and birds, for example, have all been observed e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 05, 2019
Plants & Animals
Dingoes have long been considered a type of wild dog to the residents of Australia, when in fact this isn’t entire
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 04, 2019
Plants & Animals
Animal conservation can be a challenging endeavor, and that’s why conservationists are always searching for new an
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 04, 2019
Plants & Animals
Wildlife experts were both shocked and confused last week when a massive and unidentified fish measuring nearly seven fe
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 26, 2019
Plants & Animals
Scientists have been trying to gauge the intelligence of various animals in relation to that of humans for eons, but doi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 18, 2019
Plants & Animals
The primary job of a conservationist is to safeguard existing animal species and mitigate the effects of human-related b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 18, 2019
Plants & Animals
Humans commercially harvest many marine animals because a booming market exists above the ocean’s surface. Unfortu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 15, 2019
Videos
Hamsters are often used as model organisms for basic laboratory research. Often times taking their pulse is crucial for
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 12, 2019
Plants & Animals
Established as one of man’s best friends, dogs can seemingly be found in almost every other household you visit. B
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard