Off-limits to humans for 70 years, S. Korea's border zone becomes sanctuary for rare cranes
Every winter, thousands of endangered cranes visit Cheorwon-gun near inter-Korean border CHEORWON, Gangwon Province – Near the border dividing the Korean Peninsula into North and South Korea, a long ...
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Scientists Discover ‘Groundbreaking’ Jurassic Fossil That Could Overhaul the Evolutionary History of Birds
Researchers in China found Baminornis zhenghensis, which lived at roughly the same time as the famous Archaeopteryx but ...
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Mammals, birds in Vietnam’s rare coastal forests revealed by camera traps
In 2019, scientists rediscovered a species of miniature deer long lost to science within the dry coastal forests of southern ...
China Jurassic fossil discovery sheds light on bird origin
A research team led by Professor Wang Min from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the ...
Jurassic fossil from China rewrites history of bird evolution
Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ago ...
'Rare unicorn': White Red-tailed Hawk accidentally captured in Wentzville
A mostly-white Red-tailed Hawk was found on Thursday caught in chicken wire on the homeowners' property after it had been ...
Smithsonian Magazine10d
Paleontologists Discover Fossil of the Oldest Known Modern Bird—but It Raises More Questions Than It Answers
The fossil suggests that modern birds evolved before the dinosaur-killing asteroid, perhaps in Antarctica Margherita Bassi ...
The Hindu13d
Rare sightings captivate birdwatchers at Chennai Bird Race
Though she couldn’t spot her “target bird”, the Osprey, she spotted the Woolly-Necked Stork, which is a rare sighting. Ragavi M.D., IMU student, who is participating for the second time ...
The Straits Times15d
Bird feathers, blood found in two engines of Jeju Air jet that crashed in South Korea: Source
Bird strikes that impact both engines are also rare occurrences in aviation globally, though there have been successful cases of pilots landing the plane without fatalities in such situations ...
Becker's Hospital Review16d
Rare bird flu strain raises potential of spread: 5 things to know
A newly identified strain of bird flu, H5N9, discovered at a California duck farm, has prompted concerns about the possibility of a larger outbreak, The Washington Post reported Jan. 29.
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Bird flu fuels increases in Japan egg prices
Prices climbed to a record in 2023 when many chickens were culled because of bird flu. Egg prices in Japan generally decline ... Akatsu Tomoya says it's very rare that the prices don't drop ...
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How are H5N9 and H5N1 different? What to know after California bird flu outbreak
A California duck farm made headlines this week after the World Organization of Animal Health published a report by U.S. authorities that a strain of bird flu that scientists call H5N9 had been ...