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When birds lose the ability to fly, their bodies change faster than their feathers, scientists discover
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Smoke detectors in the sky: Will wildfire affect bird behavior?
Ornithologists at the Natural History Museum and UCLA are studying how smoke from the January wildfires will affect the ...
Bird Feather-Like Flaps Could Be Fitted To Planes In The Future
A team of researchers from Princeton University is exploring how feather-like flaps on aircraft wings could improve stability ...
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When birds lose the ability to fly, their bodies change faster than their feathers
They found that when birds evolve from a flying ancestor to a new flightless form, the birds' bodies, including the ratio of their wings and tails, change before the feathers do.