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Why Do Shorebirds Stand on One Leg?
It's a question visitors ask staff all the time at the Smithsonian's National Zoo's Bird House. The answer may surprise you!
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Fossilized Remains of Giant “Terror Bird” Discovered in South America’s Tatacoa Desert, Provides Insight of Diversity in Ancient Wildlife
Fossilized Remains of Giant “Terror Bird” Discovered in South America’s Tatacoa Desert, Provides Insight of Diversity in Ancient Wildlife A 12-million-year-old ...
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Terror birds bone (IMAGE)
The end of a terror bird’s left tibiotarsus, a lower leg bone in birds equivalent to that of a human tibia or shin bone, dates back to the Miocene epoch around 12 ...
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Study shows poachers more likely cause of bird deaths than power lines
New research from wildlife biologists shows poachers play a bigger role in the deaths of eagles, hawks and other birds of ...
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Bird Evolution:
Evidence of avian beginnings has been elusive in the fossil record because birds' light, hollow bones rapidly decompose ... This odd, crow-sized creature had long legs and three toes tipped ...