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The Flurry of Feathers: 30 Hummingbirds in One Place at One Amazing Pool Party
Imagine a bunch of tiny hummingbirds ... and uplifting spectacle you’ll witness all year The post The Flurry of Feathers: 30 Hummingbirds in One Place at One Amazing Pool Party appeared first ...
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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When birds lose the ability to fly, their bodies change faster than their feathers
It didn’t seem to make sense why a flightless species would “waste” energy growing a bunch of feathers optimized for an activity that it no longer did, or why feathers no longer required for ...
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When birds lose the ability to fly, their bodies change first
It didn’t seem to make sense why a flightless species would “waste”” energy growing a bunch of feathers optimized for an activity that it no longer did, or why feathers no longer required ...