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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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OCT 14, 2016Plants & Animals
There is a population problem surrounding the African Gray Parrot, and trading of the wild species is the source of the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 04, 2016Plants & Animals
For at least 28 years, Dee Boersma, a professor of biology from the University of Washington, and her colleagues have be ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 02, 2016Plants & Animals
A lot of smaller animals that are prey to larger ones are always on the watch for predators, but in some instances, thos ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 30, 2016Plants & Animals
It’s long been documented that birds are smart critters, but Dr Damian Scarf from the University of Otago’s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 25, 2016Plants & Animals
Scientists led by Dr Jakob Vinther from the University of Bristol have used a well-preserved Cretaceous-period dinosaur ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 21, 2016Microbiology
I like eggs - scrambled, fried, poached, you name it. What I don’t like is Salmonella. A new study from Pennsylvan ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 14, 2016Immunology
From the first scientist to ever discover broadly neutralizing antibodies, a new candidate for protection from influenza ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 03, 2016Videos
Long regarded as omens of death and bearers of bad news, crows have regained the spotlight in recent years for some posi ...SEP 01, 2016Plants & Animals
The Galapagos Islands have been all the recent buzz swirling around the discovery of a native species of songbird that i ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 29, 2016Videos
Lots of people get enjoyment out of feeding wild birds and ducks, primarily with stale or uneaten white bread that might ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 27, 2016Plants & Animals
Back in 2002, Betty the New Caledonian crow made headlines when she was observed bending a piece of garden wire into a h ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 26, 2016Plants & Animals
Farmers from Canada now have a new self-defense mechanism against the geese that are trying to destroy their wheat and g ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 24, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
It seems unlikely that being a musician could come with any big health risks. However, for one bagpiper from the U ...AUG 20, 2016Plants & Animals
A lot of birds spend a lot of time in the skies, and yet they still need to sleep. As a result, there has long been the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 19, 2016Plants & Animals
You know there’s still good in this world when you hear the story of how a Polish nature photographer named Krzysz ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 15, 2016Plants & Animals
Zoos are a place where the public can visit unique animals and learn more about them. Animals inside of zoos are typical ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 09, 2016Plants & Animals
Humans have been using tools for thousands of years; we’ve found ways to craft them out of the elements that make ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 08, 2016Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – August 8, 2016 – Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) now have a high-resoluti ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)AUG 04, 2016Plants & Animals
Pinky the flamingo from the Bush Gardens theme park in Tampa, Florida met a rather heart-breaking end this week after a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 02, 2016Plants & Animals
Turtles have shells that they can hide inside of when they feel like they’re in danger or when they are feeling an ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 17, 2016Plants & Animals
There has been a lot of recent controversy over how dinosaurs may have sounded when they once walked the Earth. The comm ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 15, 2016Plants & Animals
A growing number of impressive fossil specimens have been discovered in the forests of Myanmar; already, scientists have ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 13, 2016Plants & Animals
There are many forms of self-defense in nature, whether it’s striking back, running away, camouflaging into the ba ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
OCT 14, 2016
Plants & Animals
There is a population problem surrounding the African Gray Parrot, and trading of the wild species is the source of the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 04, 2016
Plants & Animals
For at least 28 years, Dee Boersma, a professor of biology from the University of Washington, and her colleagues have be
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 02, 2016
Plants & Animals
A lot of smaller animals that are prey to larger ones are always on the watch for predators, but in some instances, thos
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 30, 2016
Plants & Animals
It’s long been documented that birds are smart critters, but Dr Damian Scarf from the University of Otago’s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 25, 2016
Plants & Animals
Scientists led by Dr Jakob Vinther from the University of Bristol have used a well-preserved Cretaceous-period dinosaur
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 21, 2016
Microbiology
I like eggs - scrambled, fried, poached, you name it. What I don’t like is Salmonella. A new study from Pennsylvan
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 14, 2016
Immunology
From the first scientist to ever discover broadly neutralizing antibodies, a new candidate for protection from influenza
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 03, 2016
Videos
Long regarded as omens of death and bearers of bad news, crows have regained the spotlight in recent years for some posi
...
SEP 01, 2016
Plants & Animals
The Galapagos Islands have been all the recent buzz swirling around the discovery of a native species of songbird that i
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 29, 2016
Videos
Lots of people get enjoyment out of feeding wild birds and ducks, primarily with stale or uneaten white bread that might
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 27, 2016
Plants & Animals
Back in 2002, Betty the New Caledonian crow made headlines when she was observed bending a piece of garden wire into a h
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 26, 2016
Plants & Animals
Farmers from Canada now have a new self-defense mechanism against the geese that are trying to destroy their wheat and g
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 24, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
It seems unlikely that being a musician could come with any big health risks. However, for one bagpiper from the U
...
AUG 20, 2016
Plants & Animals
A lot of birds spend a lot of time in the skies, and yet they still need to sleep. As a result, there has long been the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 19, 2016
Plants & Animals
You know there’s still good in this world when you hear the story of how a Polish nature photographer named Krzysz
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 15, 2016
Plants & Animals
Zoos are a place where the public can visit unique animals and learn more about them. Animals inside of zoos are typical
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 09, 2016
Plants & Animals
Humans have been using tools for thousands of years; we’ve found ways to craft them out of the elements that make
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 08, 2016
Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – August 8, 2016 – Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) now have a high-resoluti
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
AUG 04, 2016
Plants & Animals
Pinky the flamingo from the Bush Gardens theme park in Tampa, Florida met a rather heart-breaking end this week after a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 02, 2016
Plants & Animals
Turtles have shells that they can hide inside of when they feel like they’re in danger or when they are feeling an
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 17, 2016
Plants & Animals
There has been a lot of recent controversy over how dinosaurs may have sounded when they once walked the Earth. The comm
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 15, 2016
Plants & Animals
A growing number of impressive fossil specimens have been discovered in the forests of Myanmar; already, scientists have
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 13, 2016
Plants & Animals
There are many forms of self-defense in nature, whether it’s striking back, running away, camouflaging into the ba
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard