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Avian Bacterium More Dangerous Than Believed
Bordetella hinzii just may
be the Eddie Haskell of
avian bacteria. Like the
notoriously sneaky character
from the iconic 1950s
television show "Leave It to
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Giant Moa Rebuilt Using Ancient DNA From Prehistoric Feathers
Scientists have performed
the first DNA-based
reconstruction of the giant
extinct moa bird, using
prehistoric feathers
recovered from caves and
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Mangrove-dependent Animals Globally Threatened
Extinction looms for
amphibians, reptiles,
mammals, and birds
restricted to declining
mangrove forests.
Substantial numbers of
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Birds With A Nose For A Difference: Avoidance Of Inbreeding In Birds Demonstrated
Avoidance of inbreeding is
evident among humans, and
has been demonstrated in
some shorebirds, mice and
sand lizards. Researchers
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Evidence Of Memory Seen In Songbird Brain
June 27, 2009 — When a zebra finch hears a new song from a member of its own species, the experience changes gene expression in its brain in unexpected ways, researchers report. The sequential switching on and off ... > full story -
'Neurologger' Reads Bird Brains In Flight
June 26, 2009 — Using a "neurologger" specially designed to record the brain activity of pigeons in flight, researchers have gained new insight into what goes through the birds' minds as they fly over familiar ... > full story -
Bird Migration: First ‘transmitter Godwit’ Back To West Africa In One Go
June 25, 2009 — One of the fifteen Frisian ‘transmitter godwits’, which was still in Friesland on Saturday, arrived in Senegal in West Africa on Tuesday morning. The bird, nicknamed Heidenskip, appears ... > full story -
Bird Migration: Toxic Molecule May Help Birds 'See' North And South
June 23, 2009 — A toxic molecule known to damage cells and cause disease may also play a pivotal role in bird migration. The molecule, superoxide, is proposed as a key player in the mysterious process that allows ... > full story -
Antibiotics-resistant Gulls Worry Scientists
June 20, 2009 — Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are spreading to and throughout the environment. The resistance pattern for antibiotics in gulls is the same as in humans, and a new study shows that nearly half of ... > full story -
'Weedy' Bird Species May Win As Temperatures Rise
June 19, 2009 — Climate change is altering North American winter bird communities in ways that models currently favored by ecologists fail to predict. Current distributions of animals among different climate zones ... > full story -
Beaked, Bird-like Dinosaur Tells Story Of Finger Evolution
June 18, 2009 — Scientists have discovered a unique beaked, plant-eating dinosaur in China. The finding, they say, demonstrates that theropod, or bird-footed, dinosaurs were more ecologically diverse in the Jurassic ... > full story -
What Limits The Size Of Birds?
June 16, 2009 — Biologists provide evidence that maximum body size in birds is constrained by the amount of time it takes to replace the flight feathers during ... > full story -
African Bird Species Could Struggle To Relocate To Survive Global Warming
June 13, 2009 — African bird species could struggle to relocate to survive global warming because natural features of the landscape will limit where they can move to, according to new ... > full story -
Discovery Raises New Doubts About Dinosaur-bird Links
June 9, 2009 — Researchers have made a fundamental new discovery about how birds breathe and have a lung capacity that allows for flight -- and the finding means it's unlikely that birds descended from any known ... > full story
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