Posts Tagged ‘birds’

Undoing Extinction

Wednesday, September 25th, 2013
passenger, pigoen, birds, de-extinction, extinction, genetic engineering, DNA, jack dumbacher, revive, restore

Scientists are trying to revive and restore a tragically lost species, the passenger pigeon.

Whooping Crane Migration

Thursday, September 5th, 2013
birds, whoopers, whooping, cranes, migrations, usgs, usda, extinction, rebound, captive breeding

Humans are learning a lot about whooping crane migration behavior from a distance.

Speed Limits for the Birds

Thursday, August 29th, 2013
crows, birds, songbirds, blackbirds, sparrows, jack dumbacher, cars, speed, france, highway

Can birds read speed limit signs?

Not So Bird-Brained

Thursday, August 1st, 2013
birds, archaeopteryx, dinosaurs, reptiles, brains, CT scan, evolution, tyrannosaurs, crows

Archaeopteryx’s brain may be further evidence of its not-so-special place between dinosaurs and birds.

Birds and Climate Change

Friday, July 12th, 2013
birds, climate, change, global warming, great tits, oxford, Jack Dumbacher, temperature, invasive, species

How will climate change affect different species? Will organisms be able to adapt quickly enough to survive in a rapidly changing environment?

Lucky Birds

Tuesday, June 11th, 2013
birds, lyrebirds, city, cities, forests, blackbirds, song, dance, cloaca, evolution

The natural endowments of birds vary in so many ways!

Bio-Inspired Robots

Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
insects, bioinspiration, biomimetics, UC Berkeley, geckos, cockroaches, birds, robots, robotics, salamanders, snakes, built for speed, america's cup, ants, evolution, adaptations

These robots get their inspiration from nature.

Birds Built for Speed

Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
hummingbirds, swifts, birds, wings, speed, fossils, green river formation, feathers, melanosomes

An ancestor of hummingbirds and swifts had very small wings.

Roadkill and Wing Size

Wednesday, March 20th, 2013
swallows, jack dumbacher, birds, evolution, adaptation, selection, wings, cars, autos, roadkill, Nebraska

Swallows in Nebraska have evolved shorter wingspans to stay away from cars.

Head-Spinning Birds

Friday, February 1st, 2013
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Our science news round-up– How do owls spin their heads? Why do some pigeons sport fancy hairdos? How do homing pigeons get home?

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