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All About Bird Wings and Flight Feathers
Whether they’re opening for takeoff, spreading wide for a lazy soar or flapping to brake for landing, bird wings make flying ...
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A Close-Up Look at the Beauty of Backyard Birds
In her watercolor triptych, Rosalie Haizlett celebrates the vibrant colors and details found in the feathers of common—and ...
Bearded Vulture: The Bird That Eats Bones and Bathes Its Feathers Red
The lammergeier, commonly known as the bearded vulture, is a unique bird of prey that primarily eats bones. Skeletal matter, ...
From dinosaurs to birds: The origins of feather formation
Feathers are among the most complex cutaneous appendages in the animal kingdom. While their evolutionary origin has been ...
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Red-breasted mergansers look like they just rolled out of bed: Nature News
Red-breasted mergansers are no exception with their distinctively shaggy head feathers. The American Bird Conservancy describes this notable feature as “a shaggy-looking double crest ...
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When birds lose the ability to fly, their bodies change faster than their feathers, scientists discover
But that still leaves many species that evolved to be flightless, including penguins, ostriches, and kiwi birds. In a study in the journal Evolution, researchers compared the feathers and bodies ...