Pterosaurs had feathers — but they weren’t used for flying
Using feathers for thermoregulation and signaling may be hundreds of millions of years old.
Tag: bird
Researchers peer into the brain of birds as they’re singing their best song
A new study reveals the circuitry that enables birds to perform their best.
Humans are worse than jays at spotting magic tricks
Don't believe your eyes.
A new species of bird discovered in Brazil has a green head, yellow belly, and a high risk of going extinct soon
I would have been fine with just the green head and yellow belly, honestly.
Fossil Friday: leg fragment points to huge, toothy bird with a wingspan of up to 21 feet
Imagine how many nuggets you could make from one of these.
The lockdown changed the way birds sing in San Francisco
Sparrows have adapted their songs to the less noisy cities of 2020.
Insect-hunting dino “the size of a teacup” unearthed in Madagascar
These tiny dinos started evolving many of the traits of today's birds.
Wildfires can change the songs birds sing
Events such as wildfire spread birds -- and their songs -- around.
Hummingbird eyes can detect UV, allowing them to see the world in colors that humans can’t even imagine
A fourth color cone type in the hummingbird's eyes allows the birds to see in extra colors tinted in ultraviolet.
Oldest modern bird species so far discovered in Belgian limestone quarry
They call it the Wonderchicken!
New tweets: ten species of bustling songbirds discovered on Indonesian islands
Some of these new species are already at risk of extinction.
Grassland birds will struggle to have babies because of climate change
"Too hot to date" -- birds.
Human-driven extinction cost New Zealand 50 million years’ worth of bird evolution
Losses include but are not limited to those giant eagles at the end of Lord of the Rings.
Animals can experience post-traumatic stress disorder from exposure to predators
"Our findings support both the notion that PTSD is not unnatural, and that long-lasting effects of predator-induced fear with likely ...
Some seagulls will steal your food unless you stare them in the eyes
It's like a game of chicken where the winner gets to eat your chips.
What’s the difference between birds and mammals
The differences are too many to say all at once.
Fossil Friday: bird encased in amber has an unique, “extreme” toe
The bird's hyper-elongated third toe is longer than its whole lower leg, the authors report.
Russian scientists find the first ever giant bird fossils in Europe
A giant bird that used to weigh half a tonne up until 2 million years ago was found by scientists ...
Birds also prefer fancier neighborhoods — as long as there’s enough green space
The "luxury effect" also propagates across animals.