News tagged with giant moa
Flightless birds gave up flying after dinosaurs were wiped out
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have assumed the ancestors of modern flightless birds were also flightless, but results of new research suggests they only became flightless and began to explore the ground when ...
Feb 22, 2010 |
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Study: Demise of large animals caused by both man and climate change
Past waves of extinctions which removed some of the world's largest animals were caused by both people and climate change, according to new research from the University of Cambridge. Their findings were reported today, 05 ...
Mar 05, 2012 |
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The Milky Way contains at least 100 billion planets according to survey
(PhysOrg.com) -- Our Milky Way galaxy contains a minimum of 100 billion planets according to a detailed statistical study based on the detection of three extrasolar planets by an observational technique called ...
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Toothed pterosaur: Tiny fossil fragment reveals giant-but-ugly-truth
New research from the Universities of Portsmouth and Leicester has identified a small fossil fragment at the Natural History Museum, London as being part of a giant pterosaur – setting a new upper limit ...
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Oct 13, 2011 |
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Rocky, low-mass planet discovered by microlensing
In planet hunting today, there seems to be one burning question that nearly every new article published touches on: Where did these planets come from?
Jun 20, 2011 |
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Massey scientist's software finds 'orphan' planets
Software developed by a Massey University computer scientist and astrophysicist has led to the discovery of free-floating ‘orphan’ planets – once the subject of science fiction. ...
May 19, 2011 |
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Planets that have no stars: New class of planets discovered
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Notre Dame astronomer David Bennett is co-author of a new paper describing the discovery of a new class of planets -- dark, isolated Jupiter-mass bodies floating alone in space, ...
May 18, 2011 |
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Thinnest eggs belonged to largest Moas
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a detailed online study published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on August 30th, scientists investigate questions surrounding New Zealand's moa eggs and the result ...
Aug 31, 2010 |
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Bird molecules challenge to Moa's Ark theory
(PhysOrg.com) -- The so-called "Moa's Ark" theory - that New Zealand's animal and plant life has evolved largely untouched over 80 million years since the Gondwana supercontinent broke up - is being challenged ...
May 04, 2010 |
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Scientists tease DNA from eggshell of extinct birds
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a world first, scientists in Australia announced on Wednesday they had extracted DNA from the fossilised eggshells of extinct birds, including iconic giants such as the moa and elephant ...
Mar 09, 2010 |
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Dinosaur extinction grounded ancient birds
(PhysOrg.com) -- An abundance of food and lack of predators following the extinction of dinosaurs saw previously flighted birds fatten up and become flightless, according to new research from The Australian ...
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Jan 21, 2010 |
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