Yi qi and Ambopteryx longibrachium, the first dinosaurs to take to the air, had wings made of membranes like bats, but they could barely glide and were soon outcompeted by birds ...
Related News
Curious Kids: How did some animals evolve wings to fly?
How did some animals form wings to fly? - Year Five class, London, UK Perhaps the first thing you notice when you see a bird is its amazing ability to fly. Modern birds fly...
Beijing News 2020-10-22'Stink bird' has many unusual traits
If eating vegetables like broccoli gives you gas, you may be able to relate to the hoatzin. The hoatzin is a South American bird that eats leaves instead of berries,...
Independent Record
2020-10-21
Lily the barn owl reveals how birds fly in gusty winds
Scientists from the University of Bristol and the Royal Veterinary College have discovered how birds are able to fly in gusty conditions—findings that could inform the...
Phys Dot Org 2020-10-21These Winged Dinosaurs Hurtled Through the Trees like Haywire Hang Gliders
During a blip in time in the late Jurassic, a dinosaur that weighed no more than a chinchilla flung itself from tree to tree, spread its wings and tried to soar. In...
The Berkshire Eagle
2020-10-22
Bird wings act as an 'automatic suspension' which soak up turbulence and gusts of wind ...
When in flight, a bird's wings are capable of acting like an automatic suspension system, dampening the effects of turbulence even in stormy conditions. Working with a...
The Daily Mail 2020-10-21‘Antarctic Dinosaurs’ will go on display at Natural History Museum of Utah
Millions of years before it was covered in ice, the land mass we know as Antarctica was a lush habitat where dinosaurs lived — and, starting this weekend, visitors to the...
The Salt Lake Tribune
2020-10-22
We Finally Know What a Dinosaur's Butthole Looks Like
We Finally Know What a Dinosaurs Butthole Looks Like https://slate.com/technology/2020/10/dinosaur-butt-fossil-discovery-cloaca.html For the entirety of my career as a...
Democratic Underground 2020-10-22