This Chestnut-bellied Flycatcher has developed the all-black plumage found on the small satellite islands north and southeast of Makira Island in the Solomon Islands. Credit: Al Uy, University of Rochester When it…
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Several beautiful new bird species found on remote Indonesian islands
A male black sunbird. Credit: Nicola Marples and David Kelly, Trinity College Dublin. Zoologists from Trinity College Dublin, working with a research team in Indonesia, have discovered several new species of colorful…
Reconstruction of Fossil Bird Skull Reveals Brain Made for Feeling and Eyes Made for Daylight
Artistic reconstruction of Jeholornis in life. Credit: Michael Rothman Jeholornis was a crow-sized bird that lived 120 million years ago, among the earliest examples of dinosaurs evolving into birds, in what is…