Baminornis has a pygostyle - a bone plate formed by fused vertebrae at the end of the vertebral column. "A short tail ending with a pygostyle is a universal feature of extant birds. It provides ...

Joanne Weir’s award-winning Plates and Places is your first-class ticket to culinary adventure! Explore the destinations, meet the local people, and cook with the inspiring ingredients that have ...

Every February, count for as little as 15 minutes in your own backyard to help expand our understanding of birds. The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is a free, fun, and easy event that engages bird ...

Recently, I purchased a set of plates that looked like they were from ... To execute the test, I dipped the specially formulated swabs in a glass of water, then rubbed them on the dish for 30 ...

Bird flu is here to stay. The H5N1 avian influenza is proliferating among U.S. cows and there are now two strains circulating among mammals and birds. Though there are only 68 confirmed cases in ...

In February 2024, government veterinarians in the Czech Republic investigating a bird flu outbreak found themselves in the middle of a puzzling case. The highly pathogenic H5N1 virus was ...

The new study of vets found that three of the 150 who signed up to be tested – or 2% – had antibodies against bird flu in their blood. Antibodies indicate that the vets were infected with bird ...

Bird food is a small but crucial way of supporting British wildlife. Provide meals for birds and their young and you’ll be rewarded with beautiful birdsong and displays of natural colour. Bird food is ...

Jennifer says: There's another exhibit of a poet named Brian, who's got a massive chandelier of bird cages hanging from the ceiling with some of his poetry being read and voiced over by himself ...

Well-stocked bird feeders help to supplement birds’ food when it's in short supply. Throughout the winter months, high-fat foods and water are in short supply but even through the spring and summer, a ...

Shah and colleagues take advantage of the presence of maternal and somatic ribosomes in zebrafish and confirm their differential expression during development. The authors convincingly show that ...