dinosaurs
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Prehistoric Kite-Shaped Rock Could Represent Oldest-Known Animal Carving
The rock looks a lot like, uh, a rock, but it may be a 130,000-year-old sculpture.
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Hundreds of Thousands of Birds Simply Didn’t Breed After a Stormy Summer in Antarctica
December and January represent breeding season for seabirds in Antarctica, a time when there should be thousands of active nests. But strong snowstorms during the 2021-2022 season made it difficult for birds to access their usual grounds and resulted in a total failure to reproduce for multiple species.
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America’s Birds Are in Big Trouble
America’s birds are having a rough go of things, a new report from the North American Bird Conservation Initiative (NABCI) this week has found. The findings show that many bird species in the U.S. are in decline, with nearly a hundred species losing more than half of their population since the 1970s. Without more concerted…
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Snoozing Penguins and Urban Flamingos Win Bird Photographer of the Year Awards
Every Fall, the Bird Photographer of the Year competition celebrates the diversity and beauty of the creatures that constitute class Aves. The contest is open to hobbyists around the globe, and in 2022 entrants submitted over 20,000 images of feathered friends of all kinds: Some swim, some soar, some burrow, and they are all actually…