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« Reply #1740 on: June 09, 2018, 06:50:51 PM »
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« Reply #1742 on: June 09, 2018, 06:52:57 PM »
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« Reply #1743 on: June 11, 2018, 02:41:46 PM »
Article:
Philippine eagle 'feather mites' suggest species' prehistoric existence-study

https://businessmirror.com.ph/philippine-eagle-feather-mites-suggest-species-prehistoric-existence-study/


Image Credits: John McKean/Philippine Eagle Foundation


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Captive individuals of endangered Philippine raptors maintain native feather mites (Acariformes: Pterolichoidea) species

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213224418300087

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« Reply #1746 on: June 14, 2018, 10:28:33 AM »
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« Reply #1747 on: June 16, 2018, 10:22:28 PM »
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« Reply #1748 on: June 20, 2018, 01:22:32 PM »
Museum collection reveals distribution of Carolina parakeet 100 years after its extinction

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180619122947.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbirds+%28Birds+News+--+ScienceDaily%29


This is a preserved male specimen of Carolina parakeet.
Credit: Huub Veldhuijzen van Zanten/Naturalis Biodiversity Center CC BY-SA 3.0
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« Reply #1749 on: June 21, 2018, 11:04:14 AM »
Time to fly? Birds that leave the nest at the wrong time can bring disaster on the whole family

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/06/time-fly-birds-leave-nest-wrong-time-can-bring-disaster-whole-family?utm_campaign=news_daily_2018-06-20&et_rid=213094054&et_cid=2127511


A junco parent lures a youngster from the nest, despite its poorly developed wings.
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« Reply #1752 on: June 21, 2018, 12:03:26 PM »
T. Rex couldn't stick out its tongue

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180620150129.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbirds+%28Birds+News+--+ScienceDaily%29


Incredible fossils discovered in Northeast China with the hyoid bones preserved. The blue and green arrows are pointing to the hyoid apparatus. Credit: Li et al. 2018
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The sounds of climate change

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180620150203.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbirds+%28Birds+News+--+ScienceDaily%29


Gambel's white-crowned sparrows, like this one, prefer woody shrubs. As the Arctic continues to warm, shrubs on Alaska's North Slope are expected to overtake open grasslands. That could create conditions for sparrows to outcompete longspurs and other migratory birds. Credit: John Wingfield
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