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Scientists determine family tree for most-endangered bird family in the world
Using one of the largest DNA data sets for a group of birds and employing next-generation sequencing methods, Smithsonian scientists and collaborators have determined the evolutionary family tree for one of ...
Oct 20, 2011 |
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Robotic bug gets wings, sheds light on evolution of flight (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A six-legged, 25 gram robot has been fitted with flapping wings in order to gain an insight into the evolution of early birds and insects.
Oct 17, 2011 |
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Mental time-travel in birds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Certain types of birds may track army ant swarms using sophisticated memory and the ability to plan for the future.
Oct 14, 2011 |
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Hawks to patrol Singapore shopping district: report
Businesses along Singapore's famous Orchard Road shopping street plan to deploy trained hawks to scare off thousands of birds whose droppings rain down on pedestrians' heads, a report said Wednesday.
Oct 12, 2011 |
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Fossil moths reveal their true colors
Moths dead for 47 million years are again showing their true colors. For the first time, scientists have reconstructed the colors of an ancient fossil moth. The findings detailed not just a few spots of color, ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 12, 2011 |
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Crows are capable of distinguishing symbols, study finds
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study published in Animal Behavior shows that crows are capable of recognizing symbols designed to represent different quantities and is one of many different studies currently lookin ...
Oct 10, 2011 |
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Oil slick hits N.Z. coast as storm threatens ship
Oil from a stranded container ship began washing up on the shore of New Zealand's Bay of Plenty Monday, as salvage crews battened down the crippled vessel in the face of a looming storm.
Oct 10, 2011 |
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Near-extinct Philippine eagle shot dead
An endangered Philippine eagle, one of only a few hundred left in the world, has been shot dead, a conservation group that had previously rescued the bird said Friday.
Oct 07, 2011 |
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Across the Atlantic on flotsam: New fossil findings shed light on the origins of the mysterious bird Hoatzin
A team comprising German, Brazilian and French scientists, including an ornithologist from the Senckenberg Research Institute Frankfurt, has examined fossil relatives of the South American Hoatzin (Opisthocomus ...
Oct 04, 2011 |
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Child abuse in birds: Study documents 'cycle of violence' in nature
For one species of seabird in the Galápagos, the child abuse "cycle of violence" found in humans plays out in the wild.
Oct 03, 2011 |
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A hitchhiker's guide to the Galapagos: co-evolution of Galapagos mockingbirds and their parasites
Along with the famous finches the Galapagos mockingbirds had a great influence on Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Now, 176 years later, three of the four mockingbird species are among the rarest birds ...
Oct 03, 2011 |
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How the bat got its buzz: Superfast muscles in mammals
As nocturnal animals, bats rely echolocation to navigate and hunt prey. By bouncing sound waves off objects, including the bugs that are their main diet, bats can produce an accurate representation of their ...
Sep 29, 2011 |
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Weeds are vital to the existence of farmland species, study finds
Weeds, which are widely deemed as a nuisance plant, are vital to the existence of many farmland species according to a new University of Hull study published in the journal Biological Conservation today.
Sep 29, 2011 |
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Sexy sons thanks to mom
It is not the superior genes of the father, but the mother's resource investment in the eggs that makes Zebra Finch males particularly attractive. A Swiss-Australian research team lead by evolutionary ecologists ...
Sep 29, 2011 |
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DNA confirms existence of NZ bird thought extinct
(PhysOrg.com) -- An examination of ancient and modern DNA by the University of Otago has confirmed that the New Zealand storm-petrel, once thought to be extinct, is a bird which continues to fly our southern ...
Sep 26, 2011 |
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