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The Chicago Archaeopteryx features more soft tissue and delicate skeletal details than any known fossil of its kind, and ...
Photographing birds in their element can be challenging, and it requires patience. Here are some simple tips for success, ...
Significantly, the Chicago specimen is the first known Archaeopteryx fossil to preserve tertials — the flight feathers ...
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You've probably noticed that planes don't have those bird barriers you see on bridges, right? Well, here's the deal: planes are built tough, with materials that can handle a bird strike without ...
For decades a popular myth persisted that bee flight was impossible, but high-speed photography has revealed the secret ...
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Passengers expecting to cross the Atlantic Ocean only made it as far as Boston after it diverted a possible bird strike and fumes in the cabin. Saturday's British Airways Flight 216 took off from ...
A British Airways flight from Washington DC to London was forced to make an emergency stop in Boston following reports of a bird strike and “smoke in the cabin”. Flight 216 departed Dulles ...
For example, recommendations have been made to fit the Lydenburg-Sabie 132 kilovolt power line with bird flight diverters to prevent collisions and install bird guards to minimise electrocutions.