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Ornithologists Describe New Bird Species from Remote Indonesian Islands

A small songbird inhabiting the Babar Islands, in the Banda Sea, Indonesia, has been identified as a new species after a duo of researchers discovered that its distinctive song sets it apart from its closest relative.
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La photo de la semaine : ce parasite qui mange la chair vivante vient de refaire surface !

Cretaceous Bird from China Had Pair of Tail Feathers Twice as Long as Its Body

Named Plumadraco bankoorum, the newly-described species of enantiornithine bird lived in what is now northeastern China during the Cretaceous period, roughly 121 million years ago.
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Rare Ostrich-Like Dinosaur Fossil Found on Canadian Island

Paleontologists in Canada say they have recovered a dinosaur tail vertebra from 75- to 80-million-year-old marine rocks on a small island off the coast of British Columbia, providing the clearest evidence yet that bird-like ornithomimosaurs once roamed the ancient Pacific coastline of North America.
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