Pelicans, with their comically elegant demeanor, are captivating seabirds to observe along Florida’s coastal areas. Whether perched atop a post or gliding gracefully in pods across the skies, their ...

There are 60 species in this group; all other birds belong to the much larger Neognathae group, which contains more than 10,000 species of birds. The closest relative to the cassowary is the emu, ...

Rangers saved an injured grebe Saturday after it was found entangled in a fishing hook at Lake Havasu State Park. According to a social media post from the park, rangers responded around noon to ...

I don’t like penguins. Frankly, I think penguins are overrated. Many people find penguins amusing. I don’t get that. Some folks will watch two-hour documentary films about penguins being penguins. Now ...

Although adaptations for partial cranial mobility were present near the origin of class Aves, full cranial kinesis did not evolve until modern Neognathae birds. According to the authors, the findings ...

Neognathae. "The problem? The more we study the same species repeatedly, the more we create an 'echo chamber' of knowledge and create a false impression that other species are less 'intelligent ...

FISH experiments were performed using whole chromosome probes of Zenaida auriculata (ZAU1-5, which are homologous to GGA1-3,4q and 5, respectively) (Kretschmer et al., 2018b) and G. gallus (GGA4, 6-16 ...

Naples Lakes Country Club was the setting for the November meeting of the Marco Island Woman’s Club (MIWC). A Thanksgiving theme was reflected in the savory meal of turkey roll, marble mashed sweet ...

Marco Island is home to several unique protected wildlife species, but the most charismatic is the burrowing owl - Athene cunicularia floridana! This diminutive bird, the size of a water bottle when ...

THE relation of the flightless ostrich-like birds (Mr. Pycraft says we must no longer call them Ratitæ) to more typical representatives of the class Aves has long been one of the puzzles of ...

Samples of three hummingbird species - Anthracothorax nigricollis (ANI), Campylopterus largipennis (CLA), and Hylocharis chrysura (HCH) - were collected during field expeditions in Porto Vera Cruz, in ...