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« Reply #2310 on: May 08, 2019, 02:23:11 PM »
New species of bat-wing dinosaur discovered

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/05/ambopteryx-new-species-bat-wing-dinosaur-discovered-china/

Abstract: A new Jurassic scansoriopterygid and the loss of membranous wings in theropod dinosaurs

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1137-z?wpisrc=nl_science&wpmm=1


This illustration depicts Ambopteryx longibrachium, a newfound species of nonavian theropod dinosaur that had bat-like membrane wings. It lived in what's now China about 163 million years ago.
Illustration by Mr. Chung-Tat Cheung
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« Reply #2311 on: May 09, 2019, 07:19:49 PM »
Birds outside their comfort zone are more vulnerable to deforestation

https://phys.org/news/2019-05-birds-comfort-zone-vulnerable-deforestation.html

Paper: Distance to range edge determines sensitivity to deforestation

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-019-0889-z


A green-headed tanager, one of the birds in the study Credit: Jos? Carlos Morante
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« Reply #2312 on: May 09, 2019, 07:22:37 PM »
Evolution brought rare flightless bird species back from the dead

https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2019/05/09/Evolution-brought-rare-flightless-bird-species-back-from-the-dead/2301557417343/

Abstract: Repeated evolution of flightlessness in Dryolimnas rails (Aves: Rallidae) after extinction and recolonization on Aldabra

https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz018/5487031?redirectedFrom=fulltext


Two flightless rail species independently evolved from the same ancestor, the white-throated rail, a bird native to Madagascar. Photo by Charles J. Sharp / CC
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« Reply #2313 on: May 09, 2019, 07:25:02 PM »
How sea level rise affects birds in coastal forests

https://phys.org/news/2019-05-sea-affects-birds-coastal-forests.html

Paper: Bird community shifts associated with saltwater exposure in coastal forests at the leading edge of rising sea level

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0216540


As trees die, the proliferation of more salt-tolerant grasses and shrubs creates habitat favored by species associated with the early seral stages following disturbance, such as this northern bobwhite quail in a ghost forest on Gull Rock State Game Land in Hyde County, North Carolina. Credit: Paul Taillie
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« Reply #2314 on: May 11, 2019, 05:43:25 PM »
Flightless Birds Went Extinct On A Group Of Islands And Then Evolved Again

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/flightless-bird-extinct-came-back_n_5cd6f18de4b0796a95dcc93d

The bird that came back from the dead

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190509101916.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbirds+%28Birds+News+--+ScienceDaily%29

Abstract: Repeated evolution of flightlessness in Dryolimnas rails (Aves: Rallidae) after extinction and recolonization on Aldabra

https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz018/5487031?redirectedFrom=fulltext


A flightless Aldabra rail walking in the grass on the Aldabra atoll.
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« Reply #2317 on: May 14, 2019, 04:41:33 PM »
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« Reply #2318 on: May 14, 2019, 05:11:45 PM »
 Philippine Eagle-Owl

https://www.xeno-canto.org/473663

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