Maine Audubon's Laura Minich Zitske tells us the eastern phoebe is most easily keyed out by its long, wagging tail - which ...

Scientists have uncovered the fossil of a bird that lived 120 million years ago, and it definitely had flair, including unusually long tail ... a trait like a big fancy tail an ‘honest signal ...

At around 30 cm (11 in) in length, a species called Epidexipteryx likely takes the cake as the smallest dinosaur in this ...

The unique combination of a short tail fan and two long feathers, known as a pintail, is seen in some modern birds, such as sunbirds ... "Scientists call a trait like a big fancy tail an 'honest ...

It had feathers and wings, so it was clearly a bird — but it sported a long tail and sharp claws, which seemed reptilian. A smattering of other feathery Jurassic fossils, including those known ...

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A 115-million-year-old fossilized bird with a pair of long, ribbon-like tail feathers is the oldest bird ever found in Brazil. It was about the size of a hummingbird, and it likely boasted bright ...

During a pre-Fourth of July paddle around Long Tail Point, bird monitor Jack Swelstad of Green Bay spotted something at the end of the island. "I found two piping plovers that acted like they were ...

The long feathers were dominated by the central spine, called the rachis, and then plumed at the end. 'The combination of a short tail fan ... about the birds that survived the big extinction ...

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