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4+ hour, 22+ min ago   (558+ words) Chinese scientists have discovered a remarkably well-preserved, 150-million-year-old bird fossil in Fujian province that challenges the long-held view that early birds evolved mainly to improve their ability to fly. The discovery suggests that early birds explored a wider range of…...

8+ hour, 17+ min ago   (444+ words) The quest to bring the dodo back from extinction has taken a major step forward. Researchers at US biotech firm Colossal Biosciences have used artificial intelligence to identify thousands of genetic switches associated with the bird's distinctive appearance. Scientists say…...

10+ hour, 43+ min ago   (694+ words) Scientists discover how differences in human vocal tract anatomy may help explain why the world's languages sound so different. Every person on the planet speaks with a vocal tract that is slightly different from everyone else’s. The tube of flesh,…...

5+ hour, 8+ min ago   (599+ words) A US biotech company says it is making progress toward its goal of resurrecting the dodo, the famous flightless bird with a large hooked beak, and returning it to its native Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, where humans drove it…...

11+ hour, 2+ min ago   (675+ words) BirdLife International has released a new Afro-electronic music composition featuring birdsong recordings from more than 100 countries, using the sounds of nature to raise awareness about global bird conservation and support frontline environmental protection efforts. The composition, titled The Global Birdsong,…...

16+ hour, 18+ min ago   (1079+ words) This article was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A rufous-collared sparrow. Charles J. Sharp via Wikipedia When bird populations decline, fledglings may struggle to learn the songs they need to…...

14+ hour, 8+ min ago   (353+ words) Researchers at McGill University have found that urbanization is weakening one of Earth's most enduring ecological patterns: the tendency for biodiversity to increase toward the tropics, a pattern known as the latitudinal diversity gradient. Analyzing bird populations worldwide, they found…...

13+ hour, 23+ min ago   (449+ words) News-Medical Vocal tract anatomy differences drive the evolution of global languages The anatomical differences in our vocal tracts could be one of the sources of our Tower of Babel-the vast difference in languages spoken around the world, according to a…...

13+ hour, 11+ min ago   (353+ words) Researchers at McGill University have found that urbanization is weakening one of Earth's most enduring ecological patterns: the tendency for biodiversity to increase toward the tropics, a pattern known as the latitudinal diversity gradient. Analyzing bird populations worldwide, they found…...

16+ hour, 35+ min ago   (1067+ words) New research reveals that humans and zebra finches recognize sound patterns differently, offering clues about how experience shapes the way we hear. A familiar song is easy to recognize even when someone else sings it. We tend to follow the…...