Utah’s most mysterious bird is best researched around Valentine’s Day. Here’s why.
Utah biologists have been studying the state’s most elusive bird to learn more about its behavior and how to protect it in harsh mountain environments.
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 ...
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Quail-sized feathered dinosaur may be the earliest known bird
Archaeopteryx, long considered the earliest fossil bird, could be knocked off its perch by Baminornis zhenghensis, which ...
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The Largest Flying Bird Varies by Wingspan, Height and Weight
Flightless species of birds (such as ostriches, which are the largest living birds) tend to outsize any of the largest birds ...
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 ...
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Secret canals in flying dinosaur cousin’s bones could inspire lighter, tougher planes
The University of Manchester team has found that the internal biological structure of pterosaur bones could inspire the ...