10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2015

” We don’t call any rodents “flightless rodents” though almost all of them are. Science 12 December 2014: 346 (6215), 1253293 [DOI:10.1126/science.1253293]. Not all birds fly, but all birds have flight related anatomy and at least descend from those that did. Erickson, and David J. Varricchio.

Rodents 184

Rodents Primates Bats Science 184

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2014

There is a fantastic paper just out in Science : “Sustained miniaturization and anatomoical innovation in the dinosaurian anceestors of birds” by Michael Lee, Andrea Cau, Darren Naishe and Gareth Dyke. The paper that just came out in science has the following spectacular conclusion. Science , 345 (6196 ), 562–566.

Camels 196

Camels Whales Whaling Apes 196

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2016

In this study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a group of juvenile zebra finches was allowed to interact with an adult. Think about that for a moment … Anyway, we now know that the forebrain of some birds is more densely packed than mammals (primates and rodents, anyway).

Mammals 108

Mammals Zebras Birds Primates 108