Modern birds capable of flight all have a specialized wing structure called the propatagium without which they could not fly. The evolutionary origin of this structure has remained a mystery, but new ...

Community members are invited to learn about avian artworks at A Brief History of Bird Illustration and Painting, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25 in Fleischmann ...

The shared history of birds and dinosaurs is well-established, but exactly how true birds evolved during the Mesozoic is a bit of a mystery. Adding to this conundrum are fossilized footprints of ...

Kevin Padian is in the Department of Integrative Biology and at the Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA. Why was the question of the origin of bird flight ...

"Supplement to The Auk 126:2"--Cover. BIRD copy 39088020226205 shelved in the serials section under Ornithological Monographs' BIRD copy 39088020226205 gift from Joseph R. Jehl, Jr. Contents ...

“Birds of a feather flock together.” You’ve heard this phrase hundreds, or maybe even thousands of times — but do you know what it means? Do birds of a feather really flock together in nature, or is ...

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