Early Bird News

Posted November 18, 2009:

• Extinct Moa Rewrites New Zealand's History

Posted October 9, 2009:

• Archaeopteryx Was Not Very Bird-Like: Inside The First Bird, Surprising Signs Of A Dinosaur

Posted September 30, 2009:

• Was Mighty T. Rex 'Sue' Felled By A Lowly Parasite?

Posted September 29, 2009:

• Feathery Four-Winged Dinosaur Fossil Found In China Bridges Transition To Birds

Posted August 24, 2009:

• Naming Evolution's Winners And Losers

Posted July 2, 2009:

• Giant Moa Rebuilt Using Ancient DNA From Prehistoric Feathers

Posted June 18, 2009:

• Beaked, Bird-Like Dinosaur Tells Story Of Finger Evolution

Posted June 9, 2009:

• Discovery Raises New Doubts About Dinosaur-Bird Links

Posted March 23, 2009:

• Gliding Bristletails Give Clues On Evolution Of Flight

Posted March 3, 2009:

• How A New Theory Of Bird Evolution Came About

Posted February 22, 2009:

• X-Rays Used To Reveal Secrets Of Famous 'Dinobird' Fossil

Posted February 18, 2009:

• Air-Filled Bones Extended Lung Capacity And Helped Prehistoric Reptiles Take First Flight

Posted January 28, 2009:

• Birds Survived Mass Extinction That Wiped Out Dinosaurs Because Of Their Larger Brains
• White Eyed Birds Diversify Across A Hemispheric Range Faster Than Any Other Bird

Posted January 14, 2009:

• High-Tech Imaging Of Inner Ear Sheds Light On Hearing, Behavior Of Oldest Fossil Bird

Posted January 7, 2009:

• Four, Three, Two, One . . . Pterosaurs Have Lift Off

Posted October 13, 2008:

• Ancient Airways: Flying Drone Design Based On Prehistoric Flying Reptile

Posted October 6, 2008:

• Gene Expression In Alligators Suggests Birds Have 'Thumbs'

Posted September 30, 2008:

• Meat-Eating Dinosaur From Argentina Had Bird-Like Breathing System

Posted September 27, 2008:

• Mother Of A Goose! Giant Ocean-Going Geese With Bony-Teeth Once Roamed Across SE England

Posted September 25, 2008:

• America's Smallest Dinosaur Uncovered

Posted September 7, 2008:

• Long-Held Assumptions Of Flightless Bird Evolution Challenged By New Research

Posted July 9, 2008:

• Fossil Feathers Preserve Evidence Of Color, Say Scientists

Posted June 27, 2008:

• Huge Genome-Scale Phylogenetic Study Of Birds Rewrites Evolutionary Tree-of-Life

Posted April 27, 2008:

• Dinosaurs Probably Lacked Tissue To Generate Heat

Posted April 25, 2008:

• Molecular Analysis Confirms Tyrannosaurus Rex's Evolutionary Link To Birds

Posted February 21, 2008:

• No Easy Answers In Evolution Of Human Language

Posted February 8, 2008:

• Did Birds Originate When Dinosaurs Went Extinct, Or Have They Been Around Far Longer?

Posted November 7, 2007:

• Why Dinosaurs Had 'Fowl' Breath

Posted November 6, 2007:

• Earliest Birds Acted More Like Turkeys Than Common Cuckoos

Posted September 20, 2007:

• Velociraptor Had Feathers

Posted September 10, 2007:

• Dinosaur To Birds: Height Or Flight?

Posted August 21, 2007:

• Birds With Child-Care Assistance Invest Less In Eggs

Posted August 20, 2007:

• New Caledonian Crows Find Two Tools Better Than One

Posted June 25, 2007:

• March Of The Giant Penguins: Prehistoric Equatorial Penguins Reached 5 Feet In Height

Posted June 5, 2007:

• What Did Dinosaurs Hear?

Posted March 8, 2007:

• Despite Their Heft, Many Dinosaurs Had Surprisingly Tiny Genomes

Posted March 7, 2007:

• 'Wingman' How Buddies Help Alpha Males Get The Girl

Posted December 21, 2006:

• Dinosaurs: Stones Did Not Help With Digestion

Posted December 19, 2006:

• Fossil Discovery Turns Scientific Theory On Its Head

Posted December 18, 2006:

• Small Furry Mammal Was Capable Of Gliding Flight Possibly Before Birds
• Shoulder Ligament A Linchpin In The Evolution Of Flight

Posted December 14, 2006:

• Tiny Bones Rewrite Textbooks: First New Zealand Land Mammal Fossil

Posted September 22, 2006:

• Ancient Birds Flew On All-Fours

Posted July 18, 2006:

• Paleontologists Establish First Age Distribution Of Non-Avian Dinosaur Population

Posted June 15, 2006:

• Early Bird Caught The Fish: Fossils Depict Aquatic Origins Of Birds 115 Million Years Ago

Posted May 1, 2006:

• What Use Is Half a Wing in Evolution of Birds?

Posted April 13, 2006:

• Evolutionary Proof That (Eating) The Chicken Came Before The Egg

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