Scientists discover ancient bird with enormous tail feathers

The bird, Plumadraco bankoorum, was a member of the enantiornithines, the most diverse group of birds during the Cretaceous ...

Some Birds’ Feathers Are Designed to Self-Destruct on Schedule

For most birds, looking good for spring means undergoing a partial molt. Because feathers are pure protein, shedding and ...

Ancient bird's long tail feathers were perfect for a mating dance

New Guinea's tropical rainforests are home to one of the animal kingdom's most spectacular courtship rituals, with male birds ...

This 121-million-year-old bird had tail feathers twice its body length just to get a date

Paleontologists have discovered Plumadraco bankoorum, a new species of bird from 121 million years ago in China. This ...

121-million-year-old bird fossil stuns scientists with tail feathers twice the length of its body

A bird preserved in a museum drawer for years has begun to draw attention after closer inspection revealed an unusual tail ...
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Flocking together may create birds of a feather, study finds

Surveys of several sites, including Nepal’s Chitwan National Park, show that the lesser necklaced laughingthrush may be physically mimicking a larger species, the greater necklaced laughingthrush, for ...
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Birds of a feather: An annual summertime bird banding project reunites a group of scientists

John Gerwin, an ornithologist and research curator at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, holds an adult male prairie warbler. The bird models a metal ID band on its leg. On a muggy prairie ...

Scientists discover ancient bird with enormous tail feathers for courtship

A recent study of the 121-million-year-old fossil shows the bird had tail feathers twice the length of its body.