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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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SEP 17, 2020Microbiology
Animals can sense magnetism, an ability called magnetoreception. Scientists have been trying to understand this sense, w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 07, 2020Neuroscience
Conservationists have long been concerned about the number of animals caught by domestic cats. In the US alone, estimate ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 06, 2020Technology
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Researchers have data that can finally settle a long controversy in the birding world.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 05, 2020Plants & Animals
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Bird droppings are unsightly and often inconvenient, depending on where they land. They also carry some health risks, an ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUL 08, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Lizards are thought to be under threat due to habitat loss, predation, climate change, and other factors worldwide.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 03, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Campylobacter jejuni is a foodborne bacterial pathogen that causes millions of cases of food poisoning each year.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 30, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Physicists often ponder in an unusual way: they use one unsolved problem as a hypothetic solution to another, hoping to ...Written By: Daniel DuanJUN 29, 2020Space & Astronomy
The Hubble Space Telescope continues to send us incredible images of space. It has recently captured an image involving ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 28, 2020Microbiology
The 1918 pandemic flu was caused by a variant of the HIN1 strain of the influenza virus, and its genome shows that it pr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 15, 2020Plants & Animals
It’s dog eat dog out there, especially in the animal kingdom. But this well-received idiom referring to the ruthle ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 07, 2020Plants & Animals
Tawny frogmouths (Podargus strigoides) are a captivating species of nocturnal bird that, although owl-esque in terms of ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 05, 2020Technology
Wouldn’t it be nice to have natural-looking images from digital displays? Apparently, yes! A study at the Universi ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 05, 2020Plants & Animals
Today is World Environment Day, and this year’s theme is biodiversity. As defined by the United Nations (UN), biod ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAY 31, 2020Plants & Animals
Like any other bird species, adult penguins follow the tried and true tradition of raising their young close to the nest ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 31, 2020Plants & Animals
Anyone that has ever watched Hollywood’s famous Jurassic Park films will know that dinosaurs were large and hungry ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 26, 2020Earth & The Environment
When Antarctica comes to mind, the imagery probably includes a vast, frozen, and barren landscape. However, red and gree ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAY 19, 2020Plants & Animals
In the bird world, parental units will often split responsibilities. One typically stays behind at the nest to protect t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 19, 2020Earth & The Environment
Overhunting of migratory shorebirds in the Asia-Pacific region has reached an all-time high - and conservationists are c ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 10, 2020Plants & Animals
Humboldt penguins are small and easy prey for larger predators, and with that in mind, it may not come as much of a surp ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
SEP 17, 2020
Microbiology
Animals can sense magnetism, an ability called magnetoreception. Scientists have been trying to understand this sense, w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 07, 2020
Neuroscience
Conservationists have long been concerned about the number of animals caught by domestic cats. In the US alone, estimate
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 06, 2020
Technology
Can math tell us about the gender differences in dinosaurs? A new study published a novel statistical analysis that esti
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 01, 2020
Plants & Animals
Researchers have used a technique called micro–computer tomography (micro-CT) scanning to analyze mummified animal
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 27, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Some animals don't need a new wardrobe to change with the seasons, and scientists have now learned more about how they d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 05, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have data that can finally settle a long controversy in the birding world.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 05, 2020
Plants & Animals
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the European Space Agency (ESA) recently shared excellent news about emperor peng
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 04, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
If this year has been nothing but stress and you are looking for a venue for some "serious" laughter, this is
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUL 15, 2020
Health & Medicine
Bird droppings are unsightly and often inconvenient, depending on where they land. They also carry some health risks, an
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUL 08, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Lizards are thought to be under threat due to habitat loss, predation, climate change, and other factors worldwide.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 03, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Campylobacter jejuni is a foodborne bacterial pathogen that causes millions of cases of food poisoning each year.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 30, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Physicists often ponder in an unusual way: they use one unsolved problem as a hypothetic solution to another, hoping to
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUN 29, 2020
Space & Astronomy
The Hubble Space Telescope continues to send us incredible images of space. It has recently captured an image involving
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 28, 2020
Microbiology
The 1918 pandemic flu was caused by a variant of the HIN1 strain of the influenza virus, and its genome shows that it pr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 15, 2020
Plants & Animals
It’s dog eat dog out there, especially in the animal kingdom. But this well-received idiom referring to the ruthle
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 07, 2020
Plants & Animals
Tawny frogmouths (Podargus strigoides) are a captivating species of nocturnal bird that, although owl-esque in terms of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 05, 2020
Technology
Wouldn’t it be nice to have natural-looking images from digital displays? Apparently, yes! A study at the Universi
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 05, 2020
Plants & Animals
Today is World Environment Day, and this year’s theme is biodiversity. As defined by the United Nations (UN), biod
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAY 31, 2020
Plants & Animals
Like any other bird species, adult penguins follow the tried and true tradition of raising their young close to the nest
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 31, 2020
Plants & Animals
Anyone that has ever watched Hollywood’s famous Jurassic Park films will know that dinosaurs were large and hungry
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 26, 2020
Earth & The Environment
When Antarctica comes to mind, the imagery probably includes a vast, frozen, and barren landscape. However, red and gree
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAY 19, 2020
Plants & Animals
In the bird world, parental units will often split responsibilities. One typically stays behind at the nest to protect t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 19, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Overhunting of migratory shorebirds in the Asia-Pacific region has reached an all-time high - and conservationists are c
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 10, 2020
Plants & Animals
Humboldt penguins are small and easy prey for larger predators, and with that in mind, it may not come as much of a surp
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard