Pterosaurs prove big brains are not needed to fly — in contrast to modern bird ancestors

For more than a hundred years, scientists believed flying reptiles called pterosaurs took to the air with birdlike brains.

Is This Bird the Next Dodo?

The slaty-masked tinamou, found in Brazil, is utterly unafraid of people. That could be its undoing, ornithologists worry.

It’s no dodo, but this newly discovered bird could share the same fate

This bird is totally crazy-looking, and it is an opera singer,” says a biologist from Colombia and an expert on Neotropical ...
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Nature Lovers Delighted As Rare White Kiwi Bird Is Spotted In New Zealand

The post Nature Lovers Delighted As Rare White Kiwi Bird Is Spotted In New Zealand first on TwistedSifter. New Zealand has ...