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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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MAR 20, 2016Plants & Animals
A bald eagle couple, which has been nesting in a Tuplip Poplar tree near the U.S. National Arboretum in the nation&rsquo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 19, 2016Earth & The Environment
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We're fans of the creative types of people who use their camera-equipped drones to capture amazing videos of nature and ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 30, 2016Cardiology
Anticoagulant drugs thin the blood (I.E. “blood thinners”) to prevent dangerous clotting in the vessels. Peo ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 08, 2016Earth & The Environment
How do birds and mammals maintain near-constant body temperatures as the environmental temperature fluctuates, sometimes ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 05, 2016Microbiology
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For ages, humans and our ancestors have used tools to make hunting and gathering easier, and it was once thought that hu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 22, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
In Australia, the economic impact of vertebrate pest species is estimated to be 720 million Australian dollars per year. ...Written By: Sarah HertrichDEC 14, 2015Neuroscience
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Remnants of a United States-based space rocket has reportedly been discovered in the Ocean after having washed up on the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 24, 2015Microbiology
Thanksgiving is fast-approaching, which means many of us will be chowing down on turkey. I thought, “what be ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 21, 2015Videos
The humble pigeon, commonly referenced as a public nuisance or a pea-brained "rat with wings," may have earned its most ...NOV 06, 2015Plants & Animals
Come Fall each year, the leaves on the trees turn a beautiful orange/brown/yellow color that makes the world look like s ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
MAR 20, 2016
Plants & Animals
A bald eagle couple, which has been nesting in a Tuplip Poplar tree near the U.S. National Arboretum in the nation&rsquo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 19, 2016
Earth & The Environment
There’s a wonderful sense of connection that comes from the grasp of a baby monkey’s hand in your hand. Clin
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 18, 2016
Plants & Animals
A couple of eagles have mated and nested in the United States’ capital, Washinton DC, for the first time since 194
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 11, 2016
Plants & Animals
Are some species of birds just as smart as apes? It seems like a stretch since apes have significantly larger bra
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 24, 2016
Plants & Animals
A grand total of thirteen American Bald Eagles have been found dead in the state of Maryland. Scattered across the groun
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 22, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Fish and birds, when moving in groups, use two “gears”—one slow and another fast—in ways that co
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 22, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers have developed a new blood test that can survey all 174 of known genes involved in 17 inherited heart condit
...
FEB 21, 2016
Plants & Animals
Birds’ immune systems reportedly have a great defense against a fungal infection from Cryptococcus neoformans that
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 17, 2016
Neuroscience
Does size matter? In many things it does. As far as brain size though, there is some debate about that. First you have t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 13, 2016
Neuroscience
New evidence shows mice have a brain structure that throttles rage. The structure is called the lateral septum. It&rsquo
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 10, 2016
Plants & Animals
Unusually white-colored animals are making headlines a lot lately, such as a white great white shark that washed up on a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 08, 2016
Videos
We're fans of the creative types of people who use their camera-equipped drones to capture amazing videos of nature and
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 30, 2016
Cardiology
Anticoagulant drugs thin the blood (I.E. “blood thinners”) to prevent dangerous clotting in the vessels. Peo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 08, 2016
Earth & The Environment
How do birds and mammals maintain near-constant body temperatures as the environmental temperature fluctuates, sometimes
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 05, 2016
Microbiology
Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus is definitely the most terrifying bacterial species I’ve written about. What sets
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 01, 2016
Plants & Animals
Although it’s speculated that every animal has some sort of consciousness, certain animals are thought to be limit
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 30, 2015
Plants & Animals
For ages, humans and our ancestors have used tools to make hunting and gathering easier, and it was once thought that hu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 22, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
In Australia, the economic impact of vertebrate pest species is estimated to be 720 million Australian dollars per year.
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
DEC 14, 2015
Neuroscience
While studies on fitness and childhood obesity are quick to blame video games for the lack of activity in the lives of c
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 10, 2015
Plants & Animals
Just three days ago, The Philippine Eagle Foundation reported on the addition of yet another eaglet of the critically en
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 27, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Remnants of a United States-based space rocket has reportedly been discovered in the Ocean after having washed up on the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 24, 2015
Microbiology
Thanksgiving is fast-approaching, which means many of us will be chowing down on turkey. I thought, “what be
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 21, 2015
Videos
The humble pigeon, commonly referenced as a public nuisance or a pea-brained "rat with wings," may have earned its most
...
NOV 06, 2015
Plants & Animals
Come Fall each year, the leaves on the trees turn a beautiful orange/brown/yellow color that makes the world look like s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard