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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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APR 05, 2021
Microbiology
Many types of bacteria often live harmlessly in and on animals and humans, but some bacteria pose a threat. Salmonella b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 04, 2021
Plants & Animals
Octopuses are known to sleep and change their colors while they do it. Researchers have now linked these color changes t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 29, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Research published recently in Zootaxa details the finding of two species of screech owls that live in the Amazon and At
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 26, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Once dangerously on the brink of extinction, bald eagle populations are thriving throughout the lower 48 states of the U
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 15, 2021
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance was developing in bacteria earlier than we knew.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 05, 2021
Technology
Scientists have created a micron-sized memory actuators that allow atomically sized 2D materials to fold into 3D. How so
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 03, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
Research published in the journal Scientific Reports describes a new kind of active matter, termed a swirlonic state. As
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 01, 2021
Earth & The Environment
A study published in the journal Applied Energy describes a series of algorithms developed by Texas A&M researc
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 26, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Some genes don't stay in the same place in the genome. Sometimes called jumping genes or transposons, this genetic mater
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 19, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
Does your dog like watching TV with you? Chances are probably not, because dogs’ eyes see light much faster than h
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 15, 2021
Microbiology
Bacteria have colonized nearly every environment on Earth, including the human body. While most of the microbes we encou
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 11, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Long ago, aquatic animals adapted to live on land, and this initial group of land-dwelling vertebrates are known as tetr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 18, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
The platypus is a near-threatened species from eastern Australia and Tasmania. It's considered a mammal because it grows
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 29, 2020
Plants & Animals
Many species of birds display spectacular patterns and colors in their feathers. Now scientists have found that these fe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 04, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool has tremendous potential to treat genetic diseases, but sometimes it makes unintended
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 25, 2020
Immunology
Everyone worldwide is sitting with anticipation, waiting for the right vaccine candidate for the coronavirus outbreak, h
...
Written By:
Heba El-wassef
NOV 23, 2020
Earth & The Environment
An international collaboration between 27 researchers led by the University of Melbourne has concluded that over 4,400 s
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 21, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A study reported in the journal Current Biology showcases the first global map of bee diversity. Designed by a coll
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 18, 2020
Plants & Animals
From pandemic precautions to televised talent shows, masks are having a moment. Even this bizarre bat species has a buil
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
OCT 28, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Scientists report using scanning electron microscopy to examine the surfaces of dinosaur egg fossils in order to determi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 27, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in Ecology Letters has documented a consistent fall in biodiversity in the Amazon. The scient
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 22, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A study published in the journal Environment International has found long-forgotten chemicals, called legacy chemicals,
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 03, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from the University of Tubingen in Germany have found that crows are capable of conscious thought. They say
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 20, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, the search for drugs to combat the virus is ongoing. Now, scientists have found that
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon