China Jurassic fossil discovery sheds light on bird origin
A research team led by Professor Wang Min from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has discovered two bird fossils in Jurassic-era ...
Jurassic fossil from China rewrites history of bird evolution
Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ago ...
Bird sightings on Cape Cod
The ferruginous hawk continued at Morris Island in Chatham, where other sightings included a semipalmated plover, 12 black-bellied plovers, 200 dunlin, and 8 Northern harriers.
Birds of Paradise Glow on Mating Parade
Interestingly, birds remain woefully understudied when it comes to the optical extras. Until now, no one had looked for the ...
Widespread biofluorescence in birds-of-paradise suggests enhanced signaling for hierarchy and courtship displays
New research by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln reports, for the ...