Colourful penguins didn’t don trademark black and white swimsuit 36m yrs ago
October 1st, 2010 - 1:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 1 (ANI): Newly discovered fossil feathers have revealed that the trademark black and white swimsuit of penguins came later in evolution-an evolutionary development that could have also made them better ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Prehistoric Chilean bird sets wingspan record at 17ft
September 16th, 2010 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 16 (ANI): At 17 feet, a prehistoric, bony-toothed bird from Chile has set the world wingspan record.The measurement is based on well preserved wing bones from the newly named ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Chemical remains of 150-mn-year-old ‘dino-bird’ isolated
May 11th, 2010 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 11 (IANS) A 150-million-year-old 'dino-bird' fossil, long thought to contain nothing but fossilised bone and rock, has been hiding remnants of the animal's original chemistry, according to a new research.
The ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
150 million-year-old ‘dinobird’ fossil key to animal’s original chemistry
May 11th, 2010 - 1:41 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 11 (ANI): An international team of paleontologists, geochemists and physicists has found that a 150 million year old "dinobird" fossil has been hiding remnants of the animal's original chemistry.Using light ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Bird feathers produce color through structure similar to beer foam
April 4th, 2009 - 12:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 4 (ANI): A new research by scientists at Yale University, US, has discovered that the bright colors seen in bird feathers are created by tiny nanostructures with a structure similar ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Chandigarh reserachers make fertilisers from hair, get patent
July 10th, 2008 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 10 (IANS) A team of researchers from Chandigarh has succeeded in converting waste pollutants like human hair and bird feathers into organic fertilisers, and has now been granted two separate ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Sausage feather fossils may reveal true colours of dinosaurs
July 9th, 2008 - 12:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 9 (ANI): Palaeobiologists have found that 100-million-year-old fossilized bird feathers preserve microscopic colour-containing pouches, which when decoded, could reveal realistic colour patterns of the dinosaurs.According to a report in ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Mum birds UV vision allows them to monitor their chicks’ healthy glow
April 4th, 2008 - 1:01 pm ICT by admin
London, Apr 4 (ANI): Theres definitely something extraordinary in the eyes of mother birds they are bestowed upon by what could be called as UV vision that lets them detect the ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Dino-era feathers might hold key to how dinosaurs gave rise to birds
March 12th, 2008 - 1:35 pm ICT by admin
Washington, March 12 (ANI): Scientists have found seven dino-era feathers preserved in amber in western France, which could fill a key gap in the puzzle of how dinosaurs gave rise to birds.According ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
No restrictions on poultry movement, except in West Bengal
February 9th, 2008 - 10:17 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Even as India continued its culling operations, the central government Saturday issued directions to all states, except bird-flu hit West Bengal, not to impose any restrictions on ... Read more...
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