Items tagged with birds

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Birds and Babies Grasp Physics Similarly Sunday, October 11th, 2009 - 17:48:30 - Ehud Rattner Even with their tiny bird brains, rooks comprehend basic principles of physics at the same level as a 6-month-old baby, and beyond that of... read more

163 New Species Found in Mekong Region Monday, September 28th, 2009 - 12:05:34 - Ehud Rattner A frog that eats birds and a gecko with leopard stripes are among the 163 new species discovered last year in the Greater Mekong region of southeast... read more

Alien-Wasp Swarms Devouring Birds Saturday, July 25th, 2009 - 10:15:08 - Anuradha Menon Attacking from nests as big as pickup-truck beds, invasive western yellowjacket wasps in Hawaii are munching their way through an "astonishing... read more

Dinosaur's Digits Show How Birds Got Wings Thursday, June 18th, 2009 - 12:05:53 - Anuradha Menon Birds are generally considered to be the living descendants of dinosaurs, yet differences between bird wings and dinosaur hands have long left... read more

How Is a Maple Seed Like a Moth? Monday, June 15th, 2009 - 17:53:11 - Ehud Rattner Each spring, winged maple seeds twirl like helicopters as they glide to the ground. A seed can drift up to a kilometer on a windy day, landing on a... read more

Necessity is the Invention for Clever Birds Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 - 14:32:01 - Anuradha Menon Researchers at the Universities of Cambridge and Queen Mary, University of London have found that rooks, a member of the crow family, are capable of... read more

Quitting Smokers Act Like Flocks of Birds Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 - 18:11:00 - Ehud Rattner Teenagers are often pressured into lighting up their first cigarette by their friends, but a new study finds that total strangers persuade smokers to... read more

Intensive Farming is Fine for Birds and Bee Sunday, May 11th, 2008 - 15:13:20 - Ehud Rattner Eco-friendly plant and animal life have been thriving in intensively managed cereal farms alongside increasing crop yields, according to the first... read more

You're Not Cuckoo: These Birds Look the Same Friday, May 9th, 2008 - 18:13:20 - Ehud Rattner In Plutarch's Life of Aratus, the cuckoo asks a group of birds why they flee from him, as he is not ferocious. The birds answer that they're afraid... read more

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