The discovery that of the Late Jurassic was made possible by of theropods such as Tyrannosaurus rex and the smaller velociraptors.
In a way, you could say that dinosaurs are still with us and seen tweeting from your own backyard!
Unfortunately, our feathered friends are also negatively affected by human-caused climate change. Rising temperatures and shifting weather patterns affect birds' ability to find food and reproduce, which over time impacts local populations, and, ultimately continent-wide populations, too.
Below are the latest research headlines in the Birds channel on Newswise.
Hummingbird Beak Points the Way to Future Micro Machine Design
-Cornell University
The disappearance of vultures can have unforeseen consequences - also for us humans
-University of Oslo, Faculty of Humanities
Novel machine-learning method produces detailed population trend maps for 550 bird species
-Cornell University
Illegal shooting kills most birds found dead near power lines
-Cell Press
Study finds European breeding birds respond only slowly to recent climate change
-Durham University
New Study is First to Find Exposure to Neurotoxic Rodenticide Bromethalin in Birds of Prey
-Tufts University
Man-made materials in nests can bring both risks and benefit for birds
-Bangor University
Beak shape can predict nest material use in the world’s birds, study finds
-University of Bristol
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