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‘Weird and wonderful’: Antarctic fossil forces scientists to redraw the bird family tree
In a nutshell A newly discovered 69-million-year-old bird skull from Antarctica proves that modern birds were already diverse ...
Cretaceous fossil from Antarctica reveals earliest modern bird
Digital reconstruction of the Late Cretaceous (~69 million years old) crown bird Vegavis iaai that was completed following ...
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Paleontologists Discover Fossil of the Oldest Known Modern Bird—but It Raises More Questions Than It Answers
Paleontologists have been arguing whether modern birds developed before or after the infamous asteroid for decades. Now, a ...
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Walter Rothschild's unusual birds
Unfortunately, Rothschild sold almost his entire bird skin collection to the American Museum of Natural History in New York in the early 1930s. However, he kept back about 3500 skin specimens, as well ...
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Rare bird skull from the age of dinosaurs helps illuminate avian evolution
A new study in Nature describing a fossil of a nearly complete and intact bird skull from Antarctica is shedding light on the ...
Off a dirt road in the middle of Vermont's woods sits a bird-lovers dream
The Birds of Vermont Museum mixes art with natural history to create a one-of-a-kind experience. The Birds of Vermont Museum has on exhibit hundreds of carved, painted, and incredibly life-like birds, ...
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Ringed birds
The Ringing Centre at Finnish Museum of Natural History Luomus coordinates bird ringing activities in Finland. The centre is responsible for, among other things, the maintenance of databases, the ...