Science

Owens has been a museum director at the Smithsonian and the Natural History Museum of London. Read More “Ian Owens tapped to lead Cornell Lab of Ornithology”

Lanham honored ‘for his passion and creativity in the fight to protect the wild creatures we share the Earth with.’ Read More “Ornithologist J. Drew Lanham wins 2020 E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Award”

Ravens generally performed best in tasks testing addition and understanding of relative numbers. Read More “4-month-old ravens’ cognitive skills similar to those of adult great apes”

Rare Cretaceous-age fossil ‘a great opportunity to reconsider ideas around head and beak evolution in the lineage leading to modern birds.’ Read More “Extinct bird’s scythe-shaped beak expands knowledge of avian evolution”

The research reports on the genomes of 363 species of birds, including 267 that have been sequenced for the first time. Read More “Avian genome research covers nearly all avian families”

The birds look alike but they live at different latitudes and have measurable physical differences. Read More “Split Gentoo Penguin into four species, researchers say”

Specimens from Antarctica had been overlooked for decades in a California museum. Read More “Extinct giant seabirds had 21-foot wingspans”