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Scientists make disturbing discovery after examining the lungs of wild birds: 'Our research highlights an urgent need'
According to research from scientists at the University of Texas at Arlington and partners in China, plastic particles ...
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Discovery: these birds emit fluorescent light
Birds of paradise, already famous for their spectacular courtship displays, reveal a new astonishing facet: their ability to emit fluorescent light. A recent study shows that this biofluorescence ...
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Warning Over Microplastics in the Air We Breathe After Bird Lung Discovery
You can get in touch with Ian by emailing i.randall@newsweek.com. Languages: English. Birds are breathing in high levels of airborne microplastics into their lungs—and, likely, so are we ...
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Scientists found a fossil of a Jurassic bird. Here's how it could rewrite history.
Scientists uncovered a 149-million-year-old bird fossil in southeastern China with unexpectedly modern traits they believe could rewrite the evolutionary history of birds. The recently ...
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1st LD: Jurassic fossil discovery in east China sheds new light on origin of birds
"This is a groundbreaking discovery. It overturns the previous situation that Archaeopteryx was the only bird found in the Jurassic Period," said Zhou Zhonghe, an academician of CAS. Based on the ...
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Jurassic-era fossil discovery in China challenges existing theories on bird evolution
The fossil, named Baminornis zhenghensis, suggests that birds developed sophisticated flight capabilities much earlier than believed. This discovery indicates birds started evolving 172-164 ...
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Jurassic fossil discovery in China sheds new light on origin of birds
"This is a groundbreaking discovery. It overturns the previous situation that Archaeopteryx was the only bird found in the Jurassic Period," said Zhou Zhonghe, an academician of CAS. Based on the ...