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Monday, May 28, 2012

Change in developmental timing was crucial in the evolutionary shift from dinosaurs to birds: study

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Tyrannosaurus rex. Image: Nobu Tamura, via Wikipedia. May 27 2012   At first glance, it's hard to se...
Saturday, May 19, 2012

Recommendations for Reading

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Click here for a fascinating article on penguin eggs I recommend NZ's Fossil Penguin Site-click this line Read about Palaeeudyptes a...
Thursday, May 17, 2012

The Rockhopper Penguin

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Eudyptes chrysocome rockhopper penguin By Devon Phelan Classification Kingdom Animalia (animals) Eumeta...
Friday, May 11, 2012

Bird Color Variations Speed Up Evolution

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    Left: Grey morph of the Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio). Right: Rufous morph of the Eastern Screech Owl. (Credit: Left: Wolfgang...
Thursday, April 26, 2012

World Penguin Day

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Saturday, April 14, 2012

Twice as Many Emperor Penguins as Thought in Antarctica, First-Ever Penguin Count from Space Shows

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On the ice, emperor penguins with their black and white plumage stand out against the snow and colonies are clearly visible on satellite ...
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Endangered Species: Penguins, Ice Caps, and Arctic Monitors

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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Bus-Size Dinosaurs, Fuzzy as Chicks

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Brian Choo An artist’s impression of Yutyrannus huali, a giant, previously unrecognized dinosaur. The name of the species means ...
Friday, March 23, 2012

Penguin “emissions” acidify air over Antarctic site

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22 March 2012 Posted by kramsayer 3 ...
Thursday, March 22, 2012

Warming Antarctic Brings Changes to Penguin Breeding Cycles

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Chinstrap penguins at Bailey Head, Deception Island in the Antarctic Peninsula. (Credit: Photograph by Ron Naveen ©2011)   ...
Friday, March 9, 2012

Iridescent, Feathered Dinosaur Offers Fresh Evidence That Feathers Evolved to Attract Mates

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Microraptor fossil. (Credit: Image courtesy of University of Texas at Austin) ScienceDaily (Mar. 8, 2012) — A team of American and C...
Saturday, March 3, 2012

Penguins' food goes south

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Posted on: 03 Mar 2012 Climate change warming the sea surface is separating breeding King Penguins from their main food sourc...