Ornithology

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What Woodpecker Brains Can Tell Us about Concussions

Left: Pieces of eggshell and small bones laid out in rows. Right: A young boy and an older woman carry live turkeys by the feet through a market.

Unearthing Evidence of Turkey Domestication 1,500 Years Ago

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Botflies, Chicago Parakeets, and the Smallest Collection | Ask Emily #13

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Meet the Chicago Archaeopteryx

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David Willard

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The ancestor of all modern birds probably had iridescent feathers

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Finding the genes that help kingfishers dive without hurting their brains

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A final present from birds killed in window collisions: poop that reveals their microbiomes

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Birds

Archaeopteryx fossil slab with small foot slab.

Fossil Birds

Scarab beetles, Dymusia ratidula, showing diversity of species.
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