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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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FEB 06, 2019Plants & Animals
Scientists have been trying to learn about the factors that drive speciation since the dawn of time, and while there&rsq ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 04, 2019Plants & Animals
Best known for their innate gliding capabilities, the humble flying squirrel packs an extra flap of skin that doubles as ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 28, 2019Plants & Animals
When birds and fish move around, they often do so in large groups. These groups are called flocks in the bird world, but ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 28, 2019Microbiology
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When it comes to animal conservation, habitat protection is often one of the critical ingredients of success. That said, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 22, 2019Plants & Animals
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Animal conservationists use a variety of different techniques to survey vast landscapes and gather animal population dat ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 08, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Is it natural to remain committed to a mate for life? Researchers at the University of Texas Austin have used genetics t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 07, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
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Hummingbirds are seemingly peaceful creatures; with their long, flexible bills, they’re continuously sipping necta ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 31, 2018Plants & Animals
The Madagascar pochard is a duck species so elusive that conservationists once thought it was extinct. But in 2006, a te ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 26, 2018Technology
In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of researchers have engineered an ad ...Written By: Nouran AminDEC 24, 2018Plants & Animals
Willow tits and other similarly small birds may have a lot to gain from finding and joining a flock early in life. A pap ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 14, 2018Videos
Wouldn't it be convenient if we didn't have to worry about sunscreen because our bodies were able to just make it when w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 14, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
There are many common misconceptions about science, one of which is the belief that someone can be called right- or left ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 07, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists linked the number of neurons in an organism's brain with the age of sexual maturity and lifespan of an organi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 06, 2018Plants & Animals
The bald eagle is an incredible creature, not just for its beauty, but also because of its astonishing eyesight capabili ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 05, 2018Plants & Animals
If we asked you to picture dinosaur eggs in your mind, what would you see? A nest full of massive gray or tan eggs? That ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 31, 2018Plants & Animals
Elephant birds were massive birds that went extinct a long time ago. Some estimates suggest the last of the species peri ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 29, 2018Plants & Animals
Climate change is having a profound impact on global animal populations, and as the results of a study published this we ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 24, 2018Videos
The Oilbird (Steatornis caripensis) are practically bats except the fact that they are actually birds. More specifcially ...Written By: Nouran AminOCT 23, 2018Earth & The Environment
The Hambach Forest is nestled in the Rhineland of western Germany, not too far from the city of Cologne. At 12,000 years ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 22, 2018Plants & Animals
According to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), a bevy of different seabirds native to Gough Island n ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
FEB 06, 2019
Plants & Animals
Scientists have been trying to learn about the factors that drive speciation since the dawn of time, and while there&rsq
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 04, 2019
Plants & Animals
Best known for their innate gliding capabilities, the humble flying squirrel packs an extra flap of skin that doubles as
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 28, 2019
Plants & Animals
When birds and fish move around, they often do so in large groups. These groups are called flocks in the bird world, but
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 28, 2019
Microbiology
A growing number of pathogenic microbes are gaining resistance to antibiotics, and the genes that confer that resistance
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 23, 2019
Plants & Animals
When it comes to animal conservation, habitat protection is often one of the critical ingredients of success. That said,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 22, 2019
Plants & Animals
Over the years, scientists have learned about literally thousands of different bird species, and each one sports a disti
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 16, 2019
Microbiology
Some microbes might be hugely beneficial to humans, such as in the production of energy and biofuels.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 15, 2019
Plants & Animals
Animal conservationists use a variety of different techniques to survey vast landscapes and gather animal population dat
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 08, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Is it natural to remain committed to a mate for life? Researchers at the University of Texas Austin have used genetics t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 07, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Between 12 and 17% of all breast cancer cases are triple-negative, a highly aggressive type with few therapeutic options
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 02, 2019
Plants & Animals
Hummingbirds are seemingly peaceful creatures; with their long, flexible bills, they’re continuously sipping necta
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 31, 2018
Plants & Animals
The Madagascar pochard is a duck species so elusive that conservationists once thought it was extinct. But in 2006, a te
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 26, 2018
Technology
In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of researchers have engineered an ad
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
DEC 24, 2018
Plants & Animals
Willow tits and other similarly small birds may have a lot to gain from finding and joining a flock early in life. A pap
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 14, 2018
Videos
Wouldn't it be convenient if we didn't have to worry about sunscreen because our bodies were able to just make it when w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
There are many common misconceptions about science, one of which is the belief that someone can be called right- or left
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 07, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists linked the number of neurons in an organism's brain with the age of sexual maturity and lifespan of an organi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 06, 2018
Plants & Animals
The bald eagle is an incredible creature, not just for its beauty, but also because of its astonishing eyesight capabili
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 05, 2018
Plants & Animals
If we asked you to picture dinosaur eggs in your mind, what would you see? A nest full of massive gray or tan eggs? That
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 31, 2018
Plants & Animals
Elephant birds were massive birds that went extinct a long time ago. Some estimates suggest the last of the species peri
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 29, 2018
Plants & Animals
Climate change is having a profound impact on global animal populations, and as the results of a study published this we
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 24, 2018
Videos
The Oilbird (Steatornis caripensis) are practically bats except the fact that they are actually birds. More specifcially
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
OCT 23, 2018
Earth & The Environment
The Hambach Forest is nestled in the Rhineland of western Germany, not too far from the city of Cologne. At 12,000 years
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 22, 2018
Plants & Animals
According to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), a bevy of different seabirds native to Gough Island n
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard