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45-million-year-old giant bird skull misidentified for decades, finally recognized
Paleontologists have uncovered an exceptionally complete skull of a massive bird that lived 45 million years ago. This ...
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Fossil discovery in the Geiseltal Collection: Researchers identify unique bird skull
Around 45 million years ago, a 4.6 feet-tall (1.40 meters) flightless bird called Diatryma roamed the Geiseltal region in southern Saxony-Anhalt. An international team of researchers report on the ...
Largest study of its kind proves 'bird brain' is a misnomer
It's difficult to know what birds "think" when they fly, but scientists in Australia and Canada are getting some remarkable ...
Rediscovered fossil reveals rare bird skull from 45 million years ago
Around 45 million years ago, a 4.6 foot-tall (1.40 meters) flightless bird called Diatryma roamed the Geiseltal region in ...
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Bigger than T-rex? Largest duck-billed dinosaur footprints ever discovered in Mongolia
This colossal footprint hints at the existence of a truly gigantic dinosaur – potentially larger than even the fearsome ...
Outdoors column: Year-round bird species brightens winter
It also has a special weapon, a needled beak that enables it to probe deep into crevices for larvae and eggs of insects ...
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Why don’t woodpeckers get headaches?
As I watched a woodpecker banging away at a tree, it made me think, why don’t woodpeckers get headaches or suffer brain ...
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Where Are Birds’ Ears? They Lack External Ears, But There Are Hidden Holes
Birds do have ears, but they don’t have external ears. So, unlike humans and our big ear flaps (that came from gills, dontcha ...