Tag: Birds
A single atom can change the colour of a bird. These are the genes responsible
New research reveals how parrots and finches develop their extraordinary colours – and shows that evolution is an ongoing process.
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11 Nov, 12:00 AM
Bird strike: what happens when a plane collides with a bird?
Defending planes against running into birds is vitally important – and high-speed frozen chickens play a surprising role.
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18 Jun, 05:00 AM
After 10 years of work, landmark study reveals new ‘tree of life’ for all birds living today
The extinction of the dinosaurs sparked an explosion of bird species, according to the largest-ever study of bird genetics.
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1 Apr, 08:00 PM
Australia has more native bird species than almost anywhere else. What led to this explosion of diversity?
Our birds are tough. They went through some mean climatic conditions to make Australia home.
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12 Nov, 08:00 PM
We need a single list of all life on Earth – and most taxonomists now agree on how to start
Only after a species is identified and listed by taxonomists can it be protected. Yet we still don’t have one globally agreed-upon list of every species. A new 74-nation survey points to the solution.
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30 Oct, 08:00 PM
Two questions, hundreds of scientists, no easy answers: how small differences in data analysis make huge differences in results
246 scientists looked at the same data sets and drew very different conclusions.
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30 Oct, 04:00 AM
