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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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NOV 02, 2015Microbiology
What makes a strain of Salmonella infect cows, but not humans or birds? Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania co ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 28, 2015Technology
One thing that has baffled scientists for years is how to make something capable of gliding through the air and also sli ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 03, 2015Videos
Many animals just leave droppings because it's the natural process of the digestive system, but a select few animals act ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 03, 2015Earth & The Environment
When song birds detect a threat they make an alarm call called a seet call. It’s named that because that’s b ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAUG 26, 2015Plants & Animals
One lucky toucan going by the name of Tieta in Brazil has received a 3D-printed beak after an unknown accident occurred ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 13, 2015Microbiology
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It isn't every day that you find a very rare animal out in the wild that experts thought to have gone extinct, which is ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 01, 2015Infographics
Venom is a toxin secreted by certain animals as a means of defense, aggression, or trapping prey. Given that venom is us ...JUL 28, 2015Plants & Animals
Every so often, things happen in nature that come off as unfortunate for infant animals as they're born. In the case of ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 24, 2015Plants & Animals
According to the CDC, non-typhoidal Salmonella causes over 1 million illnesses, 23,000 hospitalizations, 450 deaths, and ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUL 24, 2015Plants & Animals
Planes, trains and automobiles. That's pretty much how travelers get around, but with the global economy expanding the w ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 17, 2015Plants & Animals
Platydemus manokwari. Doesn't that sound like some creature out of an old horror movie? Something that oozed out of a po ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 30, 2015Videos
It's that time of year. It stays light longer, we want to linger in the yard and stay out until the stars come on. Excep ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 25, 2015Health & Medicine
Salmonella enterica is the number one cause of bacterial foodborne illness worldwide. Infections can be transmitted by a ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUN 24, 2015Plants & Animals
Who hasn't had the experience of encountering a giant spider, with big scary eyes and creepy crawly legs? Fear, followed ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 21, 2015Videos
Scientists often use tracking devices to monitor how animals move, behave, and live. Depending on the type of animal tha ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 17, 2015Plants & Animals
Fanged vampire fish are falling from the sky in Alaska. Wild foot-long creatures, with multiple rows of teeth and suckin ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 05, 2015Earth & The Environment
We've all seen the cheaply made science fiction/horror movies: Sharknado, Piranha 3D. But it turns out a real life monst ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUN 02, 2015Videos
Kalle Ljung recently took a trip to Antarctica lasting approximately 16 days where he was able to use a flying drone to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 27, 2015Plants & Animals
In the tropical jungles of Madagascar there are thousands of different species of birds, monkeys, reptiles and insects. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 25, 2015Videos
Egg prices could rise 75% because of worst outbreak of bird flu in the history of the United States. Almost 40 million b ...Written By: Kareem HeslopMAY 12, 2015Videos
A research project at the Manchester Museum and the University of Manchester has shown that almost one-third of the anim ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 05, 2015Plants & Animals
The happiest days are when babies come. At least that's what Melanie Wilkes said in the screen classic, Gone With the Wi ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 01, 2015Plants & Animals
A nine week old Lesser Sooty Owl chick has arrived at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney Australia and will be getting straight t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 02, 2015
Microbiology
What makes a strain of Salmonella infect cows, but not humans or birds? Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania co
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 28, 2015
Technology
One thing that has baffled scientists for years is how to make something capable of gliding through the air and also sli
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 03, 2015
Videos
Many animals just leave droppings because it's the natural process of the digestive system, but a select few animals act
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 03, 2015
Earth & The Environment
When song birds detect a threat they make an alarm call called a seet call. It’s named that because that’s b
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
AUG 26, 2015
Plants & Animals
One lucky toucan going by the name of Tieta in Brazil has received a 3D-printed beak after an unknown accident occurred
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 13, 2015
Microbiology
Escherichia coli was first recognized as a possible foodborne pathogen in 1975 in a California hospital with a patient e
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
AUG 11, 2015
Plants & Animals
It isn't every day that you find a very rare animal out in the wild that experts thought to have gone extinct, which is
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 01, 2015
Infographics
Venom is a toxin secreted by certain animals as a means of defense, aggression, or trapping prey. Given that venom is us
...
JUL 28, 2015
Plants & Animals
Every so often, things happen in nature that come off as unfortunate for infant animals as they're born. In the case of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 24, 2015
Plants & Animals
According to the CDC, non-typhoidal Salmonella causes over 1 million illnesses, 23,000 hospitalizations, 450 deaths, and
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
JUL 24, 2015
Plants & Animals
Planes, trains and automobiles. That's pretty much how travelers get around, but with the global economy expanding the w
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 17, 2015
Plants & Animals
Platydemus manokwari. Doesn't that sound like some creature out of an old horror movie? Something that oozed out of a po
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 30, 2015
Videos
It's that time of year. It stays light longer, we want to linger in the yard and stay out until the stars come on. Excep
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 25, 2015
Health & Medicine
Salmonella enterica is the number one cause of bacterial foodborne illness worldwide. Infections can be transmitted by a
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
JUN 24, 2015
Plants & Animals
Who hasn't had the experience of encountering a giant spider, with big scary eyes and creepy crawly legs? Fear, followed
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 21, 2015
Videos
Scientists often use tracking devices to monitor how animals move, behave, and live. Depending on the type of animal tha
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 17, 2015
Plants & Animals
Fanged vampire fish are falling from the sky in Alaska. Wild foot-long creatures, with multiple rows of teeth and suckin
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 05, 2015
Earth & The Environment
We've all seen the cheaply made science fiction/horror movies: Sharknado, Piranha 3D. But it turns out a real life monst
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
JUN 02, 2015
Videos
Kalle Ljung recently took a trip to Antarctica lasting approximately 16 days where he was able to use a flying drone to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 27, 2015
Plants & Animals
In the tropical jungles of Madagascar there are thousands of different species of birds, monkeys, reptiles and insects.
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 25, 2015
Videos
Egg prices could rise 75% because of worst outbreak of bird flu in the history of the United States. Almost 40 million b
...
Written By:
Kareem Heslop
MAY 12, 2015
Videos
A research project at the Manchester Museum and the University of Manchester has shown that almost one-third of the anim
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 05, 2015
Plants & Animals
The happiest days are when babies come. At least that's what Melanie Wilkes said in the screen classic, Gone With the Wi
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 01, 2015
Plants & Animals
A nine week old Lesser Sooty Owl chick has arrived at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney Australia and will be getting straight t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim