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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 19, 2017Plants & Animals
Many scientists call our current geologic epoch the Anthropocene, which refers to the period during which human act ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 19, 2017Plants & Animals
When you think of birds, the first thing that comes to mind is how they have wings and they fly. In fact, sometimes peop ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 11, 2017Earth & The Environment
When I first walked off the plane onto the red earth of Baltra Island, I immediately got the feeling that I was in anoth ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 11, 2017Plants & Animals
The dinosaur eras of Earth were filled with numerous types of creatures. While scientists agree that many dinosaurs were ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 10, 2017Plants & Animals
Dinosaur fossils found in the Henan province of China during the mid 1900’s are telling the story of a newly-ident ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 05, 2017Plants & Animals
Keeping an accurate headcount of the endangered Northern Royal Albatross is somewhat of an important venture for scienti ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 01, 2017Plants & Animals
Poultry in England were forced into indoor containment by the country’s government last December to help prevent t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 25, 2017Plants & Animals
When park employees at Walsrode, Germany’s Weltvogelpark bird park noticed an injured Secretary bird, they did eve ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 19, 2017Plants & Animals
In the wild, birds don’t have a nice and peaceful oasis like one might think. Their habitats are riddled with nois ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 17, 2017Plants & Animals
It was late last month that an endangered Carnaby’s cockatoo in Australia sustained severe burns from an active po ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 05, 2017Videos
Ever heard of a bird hibernating in a lake? Probably not, because birds don't actually do that. Nevertheless, hibernatio ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 04, 2017Plants & Animals
Close your eyes and imagine a world where fish just walk themselves right out of the water and start living on land beca ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 02, 2017Microbiology
H7N9 is a strain of flu associated with birds around the year 2000, and was not observed in other species until 2013, wh ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 31, 2017Videos
How is it possible that a bird as large as an albatross, whose wingspan reaches more than three meters wide, can simply ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 27, 2017Plants & Animals
Dinosaur experts are getting excited over some major footprint discoveries located on Australia’s Western beaches ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 25, 2017Plants & Animals
People have been feeding ducks and other types of birds since what seems like the beginning of time. On the other hand, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 23, 2017Plants & Animals
Where did dinosaurs actually come from? While a myriad of theories remain, only one answer could ever possibly be correc ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 22, 2017Plants & Animals
Scientists are learning that more animals use tools in the wild than previously thought. It seems humans aren’t th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 21, 2017Videos
Most people have heard of the wolf reintroduction program that took place in Yellowstone National Park in the mid 1990s. ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 20, 2017Cardiology
Predicting a heart attack or other major adverse cardiac event (MACE) is possible with a pair of techniques that ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 17, 2017Plants & Animals
While we’ve long thought of dinosaurs as scaly reptile-like creatures, increasing amounts of evidence now point to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 14, 2017Plants & Animals
Fossils are relics left behind by time; they're alone and forgotten in places where even mother nature doesn’t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 07, 2017Plants & Animals
Found in a myriad of public locations are man-made fountains or pools that people often toss coins into for good fortune ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 02, 2017Plants & Animals
Animals aren’t as dim-witted as some people think, and there is growing evidence that a variety of animal species ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
MAY 19, 2017
Plants & Animals
Many scientists call our current geologic epoch the Anthropocene, which refers to the period during which human act
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 19, 2017
Plants & Animals
When you think of birds, the first thing that comes to mind is how they have wings and they fly. In fact, sometimes peop
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 11, 2017
Earth & The Environment
When I first walked off the plane onto the red earth of Baltra Island, I immediately got the feeling that I was in anoth
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 11, 2017
Plants & Animals
The dinosaur eras of Earth were filled with numerous types of creatures. While scientists agree that many dinosaurs were
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 10, 2017
Plants & Animals
Dinosaur fossils found in the Henan province of China during the mid 1900’s are telling the story of a newly-ident
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 05, 2017
Plants & Animals
Keeping an accurate headcount of the endangered Northern Royal Albatross is somewhat of an important venture for scienti
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 01, 2017
Plants & Animals
Poultry in England were forced into indoor containment by the country’s government last December to help prevent t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 25, 2017
Plants & Animals
When park employees at Walsrode, Germany’s Weltvogelpark bird park noticed an injured Secretary bird, they did eve
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 19, 2017
Plants & Animals
In the wild, birds don’t have a nice and peaceful oasis like one might think. Their habitats are riddled with nois
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 17, 2017
Plants & Animals
It was late last month that an endangered Carnaby’s cockatoo in Australia sustained severe burns from an active po
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 05, 2017
Videos
Ever heard of a bird hibernating in a lake? Probably not, because birds don't actually do that. Nevertheless, hibernatio
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 04, 2017
Plants & Animals
Close your eyes and imagine a world where fish just walk themselves right out of the water and start living on land beca
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 02, 2017
Microbiology
H7N9 is a strain of flu associated with birds around the year 2000, and was not observed in other species until 2013, wh
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 31, 2017
Videos
How is it possible that a bird as large as an albatross, whose wingspan reaches more than three meters wide, can simply
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 27, 2017
Plants & Animals
Dinosaur experts are getting excited over some major footprint discoveries located on Australia’s Western beaches
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 25, 2017
Plants & Animals
People have been feeding ducks and other types of birds since what seems like the beginning of time. On the other hand,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 23, 2017
Plants & Animals
Where did dinosaurs actually come from? While a myriad of theories remain, only one answer could ever possibly be correc
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 22, 2017
Plants & Animals
Scientists are learning that more animals use tools in the wild than previously thought. It seems humans aren’t th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 21, 2017
Videos
Most people have heard of the wolf reintroduction program that took place in Yellowstone National Park in the mid 1990s.
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 20, 2017
Cardiology
Predicting a heart attack or other major adverse cardiac event (MACE) is possible with a pair of techniques that
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 17, 2017
Plants & Animals
While we’ve long thought of dinosaurs as scaly reptile-like creatures, increasing amounts of evidence now point to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
Fossils are relics left behind by time; they're alone and forgotten in places where even mother nature doesn’t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 07, 2017
Plants & Animals
Found in a myriad of public locations are man-made fountains or pools that people often toss coins into for good fortune
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 02, 2017
Plants & Animals
Animals aren’t as dim-witted as some people think, and there is growing evidence that a variety of animal species
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard