Lucky shot of spring migrating #birds with Brambling (left) and Grey-capped Greenfinch (right) drinking together during the Qingming holiday in the hills of #Beijing#China. #BirdsPhotography
6 million year old #extinct daytime active #Fossil#Owl found in #China and named Miosurnia diurna. Spectacular fossil #bird skeleton preserves eye bones, tongue bones, last meal, and much more. We published in @PNASNews https://t.co/oUBjr72yQ8
Our reconstruction of the #Cretaceous#fossil#bird with a tongue as long as its head. What was it sticking its tongue out at 120 million years ago? Read more: https://t.co/bFU64KIY3m
This is a great step forward in understanding the #biology and #evolution of #birds. There's so much data to dig into, and helps to show what amazing creatures they are.
A paper published in Nature describes whole-genome alignments of 363 bird genome sequences, 267 of which were newly generated, allowing more thorough investigations of conservation and selection. https://t.co/2DyznKrlnc
For #FossilFriday, here's the #fossil skull of the #extinct enantiornithine #bird Longipteryx with associated feathers from the Cretaceous Jehol Biota of #China. Interesting #birds with a long rostrum and few teeth, but what did they do with it?
More press on our paper in @SciReports on the #EarliestGiantFlier. https://t.co/kOy72Uq1CV
Fossils recovered fromΒ Antarctica may belong to the largest flying bird ever, study finds https://t.co/8WLZyGYlQu via @usatoday
A new study documenting the birds, published today in Scientific Reports, is the result of a fossil detective story spanning from Antarctica to California. https://t.co/MKonO1KfIX
Maybe you need some uplifting news right now?
Well the biggest birds that ever flew knew something about uplift!
Antarctica + giant birds with teeth?
Check out our new paper with @BeakyThings@avianscience
It's open access so everyone can take a look.
https://t.co/9gTjHe18DF
Check out our new paper in @SciReports about the #EarliestGiantFlier, a 50 million year old #fossil#bird from #Antarctica with a 5 - 6 meter (20 foot) wingspan. Bigger than the largest wingspan today; the Wandering Albatross at 3.5 meters (11 feet). https://t.co/RItNMZ2131