Researchers at the University of New Mexico have documented the extreme migration of giant hummingbirds, uncovering their ...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Researchers from the University of New Mexico documented the world’s largest hummingbird’s extreme ...
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A team from Flinders University in Australia uncovered a nearly complete fossil skull of the "giga-goose," Genyornis newtoni —a flightless species that went extinct around 45,000 years ago—a study ...
Geese have a reputation for being aggressive, unpleasant birds, so imagine one that’s more than 2 m (6.6 ft) tall and weighs about 230 kg (507 lb). That’s Genyornis newtoni, an Ice Age "thunder bird" ...
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Two new giant pandas will be arriving to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C. this year, the zoo announced ...
Giant pandas are icons in Washington, D.C. For more than five decades, the National Zoo has created and maintained one of the ...
I have a stream in my yard, and I built it myself. I’m not particularly handy, and my urban backyard is tiny. But where there ...
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