Spot a bird feather in your Kansas yard? Why picking it up could land you in court
The possession of feathers and other parts of native North American birds without a permit is banned by the Migratory Bird ...
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A Close-Up Look at the Beauty of Backyard Birds
In her watercolor triptych, Rosalie Haizlett celebrates the vibrant colors and details found in the feathers of common—and ...
Earth.com3d
Some birds use biofluorescence to attract mates, glowing in colors that humans can't see
Biofluorescence is widespread in birds-of-paradise, a group of tropical birds famous for their spectacular courtship dances.
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30,000-year-old fossilized vulture feathers 'nothing like what we usually see' preserved in volcanic ash
Since the discovery, researchers have puzzled over how exactly the bird was so well-preserved ... during the natural ...
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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Smoke detectors in the sky: Will wildfire affect bird behavior?
As thick clouds of smoke rolled across Los Angeles in early January, Allison Shultz opened a freezer and took out a stash of ...
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Nobody knows why this snowy owl is orange
But they disagree about what's behind the orange feathers ... biologist with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, which is tracking the bird. "Deliberate staining is generally either ...
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From dinosaurs to birds: the origins of feather formation
At the 12th day of incubation, feather buds exhibit longitudinal domains of cell density that correspond to the barbs of the future down feather. Feathers are among the most complex cutaneous ...