Fossil of oldest known modern bird uncovered in Antarctica, offers new evolutionary clues
A 68-million-year-old Antarctic fossil revealed the oldest known modern bird, Vegavis iaai, a duck-sized diver with traits linking it to today’s waterfowl.
Fossil of oldest known modern bird unearthed in Antarctica
A newly discovered fossil in Antarctica, estimated to be 68 million years old, reveals the oldest known modern bird, Vegavis ...
Hard bites and slow songs: How beak size affects the singing and evolution of songbirds
The Java sparrow is ready for the video recording. As I hold it carefully in my hand in order to transfer it to the recording ...
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69-million-year-old duck-like bird from dinosaur era discovered in Antarctica
The Late Cretaceous modern (crown) bird,Vegavis iaai, pursuit diving for fish in the shallow ocean off the coast of the Antarctic peninsula, with ammonites and plesiosaurs forcompany. 66 million years ...
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45 Million-Year-Old Remains of an Extinct Bird Species Resurrected, Identified to Be Herbivores by Experts
Old Remains of an Extinct Bird Species Resurrected, Identified to Be Herbivores by Experts An international team of researchers led by the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and the ...
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Biological Sciences Department
Our biological sciences students explore the complexities of life and work to address global challenges in biology. Our faculty advance knowledge in a wide range of disciplines within the biological ...
Jaw Wars: How Bats Evolved a Diverse Arsenal of Teeth for Survival
Bats in the noctilionoid group, like Darwin’s finches, have evolved an impressive variety of jaw and tooth adaptations to ...
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Molecular biology articles from across Nature Portfolio
Molecular Biology is the field of biology that studies the composition, structure and interactions of cellular molecules such as nucleic acids and proteins that carry out the biological ...
Great tits thrive in old-growth forests
But a new study finds that, despite this apparent rebirth, younger forests may not offer those birds the same quality of ...
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Mite-y Use Of Electricity
Mites who hitchhike on the beaks of hummingbirds use a surprising method to help them on their journey: electricity. Garcia-Robledo studies aspects of the evolutionary and life histories of organisms ...
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A Mite’s Leap Of Electric Faith Into A Hummingbird Nostril
The milky specks known as hummingbird mites are among the most skilled hitchhikers in the world. They live their lives inside flowers and inflorescences, where they feed on nectar and pollen, mate, ...
Hummingbird flower mites found to use electroreception to hitch rides on hummingbirds between flowers
A trio of biologists from the University of Connecticut; the Organization for Tropical Studies, in Costa Rica; and the University of Bristol, has found that hummingbird flower mites use hummingbirds ...