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« Reply #795 on: December 10, 2016, 12:33:09 AM »
The world's oldest known seabird is expecting--again (thanks Yankeexpress for the heads up)

http://phys.org/news/2016-12-world-oldest-seabird-expectingagain.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

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« Reply #799 on: December 11, 2016, 10:08:25 PM »
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« Reply #801 on: December 12, 2016, 01:23:36 PM »
New study doubles the estimate of bird species in the world

http://phys.org/news/2016-12-bird-species-world.html

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« Reply #802 on: December 12, 2016, 10:19:32 PM »
Researchers explain why feather shafts change shape when under stress

http://phys.org/news/2016-12-feather-shafts-stress.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

Paper: Light Like a Feather: A Fibrous Natural Composite with a Shape Changing from Round to Square

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/advs.201600360/full

Changing shape along the feather shaft: a) schematic of a flight feather shaft, numbers indicating positions along the shaft length (from calamus to rachis). Optical micrographs of the transverse sections along the shaft from b) seagull and c) crow and microcomputed tomography images from d) condor showing gradual shape change from circular hollow tube to rectangular foam filled. Pink dotted lines indicate the transverse septum and blue rectangles the ventral groove, respectively. Dorsal, lateral, and ventral portions of the shaft cortex are marked in the left figure.


Structural model of the feather shaft cortex: a) the shape factor. The cross section changes from circular at the calamus to near rectangular at the rachis. The layered structure of cortex with varying and differentially oriented fibers along shaft length: b) at the calamus, all the cortex is composed of a thin outer layer of circumferential fibers and a thick inner layer of aixal fibers; c) at the proximal rachis, the dorsal cortex consists of a thinner outer layer of circumferential fibers covering axial fibers, the lateral walls of crossed fibers and the ventral cortex of longitudinal fibers; d) at the distal rachis, the dorsal and ventral cortices are composed of axial fibers and the lateral walls of crossed fibers.
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« Reply #803 on: December 12, 2016, 10:33:41 PM »
Abstract: A LIGHTWEIGHT, BIOLOGICAL COMPOSITE WITH TAILORED STIFFNESS: THE FEATHER VANE

http://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/re/abstract.sfe?id=2713

Paper: A LIGHTWEIGHT, BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURE WITH TAILORED STIFFNESS: THE FEATHER VANE

http://meyersgroup.ucsd.edu/papers/journals/Meyers%20417.pdf

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« Reply #807 on: December 15, 2016, 04:13:43 PM »
Summary: New bird flu strain brings death and questions

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/354/6318/1363?utm_campaign=toc_sci-mag_2016-12-15&et_rid=213094054&et_cid=1056394

Article: H5N8 is killing birds around Europe and the Middle East but appears harmless to humans

http://sci-hub.cc/10.1126/science.354.6318.1363
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« Reply #808 on: December 15, 2016, 04:44:17 PM »
Birds Are Becoming Totally Dependent On Our Delicious Landfills - In some cases, it's because we've destroyed their natural habitats.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/birds-food-waste-landfills_us_5852ccd3e4b054eeaea2186b

Editorial Article: Reducing agricultural loss and food waste: how will nature fare?

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acv.12290/full

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