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Scientists changed scales on chicken feet to feathers by tweaking a single geneBy targeting a single gene, scientists successfully turned chickens’ feet from scaly to feathery.
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Taxidermy birds are being turned into dronesScientists are turning dead birds into drones to study aerodynamics.
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6 incredible egg facts, just in time for EasterBird eggs are so diverse, so which are the largest and smallest, and how do they get their colors?
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Do birds pee?Birds do produce urine, but it doesn't come out the same way it does in humans. How birds pee may be an evolutionary adaptation that benefits flight.
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Largest penguin ever discovered weighed a whopping 340 pounds, fossils revealResearchers in New Zealand have unearthed fossils from two previously unknown ancient penguin species. One of the new species is the largest penguin ever discovered.
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Hidden, never-before-seen penguin colony spotted from spaceSatellite photos showing poop stains in the West Antarctic snow and ice have revealed a previously unknown breeding colony of emperor penguins.
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Domesticated chickens could wipe out their wild ancestors — by having sex with themA new study has revealed that red junglefowl, the wild ancestors of chickens, are losing their genetic diversity as they mate with their domesticated counterparts.
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Oddly modern skull raises new questions about the early evolution of birdsA fossil skull from a toothy early relative of today's birds shows a weirdly modern skull configuration, raising new questions about the early evolution of birds.
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10 terrific turkey factsTurkeys can fly, blush and are distant relatives of Tyrannosaurus rex. Read on to learn more about these Thanksgiving divas.
