Small birds boast range of flight styles thanks to evolutionary edge
Small birds have explored a wide variety of styles of flight, ranging from hovering hummingbirds to bounding sparrows to ...
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The discovery of this fossil rewrites the history of the origin of birds 🦅
The discovery of a 6-inch (15 cm) fossil of a small bird, 150 million years old, reveals unexpected modern anatomical ...
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What are bird strikes and should you be worried about them during your next flight?
Sponsor Message The preliminary report also said the plane's two black boxes — which held flight data ... we hit birds all the time," especially the small birds like cardinals, robins and ...
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If Birds Left Tracks in the Sky, They’d Look Like This
But of course birds in flight leave no trace—at least none visible to the naked eye. Bou, now 38, spent the past five years trying to capture the elusive contours drawn by birds in motion ...
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Starling Murmuration Predator Tactic
The "murmuration" of starlings, as this phenomenon is known, is used as a survival tactic by the small birds against predators. Music by MTT. Video produced by Alpaca Media. Follow PyroPix on ...
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This rare, intelligent species of crow is taking flight in Hawaii again
An endangered crow, found only in Hawaii, is flying free again. The alala has survived only in captivity after almost going ...
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What Happens If A Drone Hits A Plane? Here's The Damage It Can Do
Even though drones are relatively small and light, they can cause significant damage to an aircraft, especially if it hits a critical area during flight. Birds have already taken down a plane ...
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Duck DNA in both engines of Jeju Air plane that crashed, report says
The investigation will dismantle the engines, examine components in depth, analyse in-flight and air traffic control data, and investigate the embankment, localisers and evidence of bird strike ...