Hacker News with Generative AI: Birds

Bird brain from the age of dinosaurs reveals roots of avian intelligence (cam.ac.uk)
A ‘one of a kind’ fossil discovery could transform our understanding of how the unique brains and intelligence of modern birds evolved, one of the most enduring mysteries of vertebrate evolution.

Paleontology, Evolution, Birds, Dinosaurs, Neuroscience

120 points by gmays 3 days ago | 6 comments

Wren (wikipedia.org)
Wrens are a family, Troglodytidae, of small brown passerine birds.

Birds, Taxonomy, Nature

22 points by keepamovin 12 days ago | 1 comments

Listening in on the Mysterious Marbled Murrelet (hakaimagazine.com)
The marbled murrelet is an elusive creature. At sea, the stubby seabird dives at the first sign of predators. On land, it lays its eggs high in the mossy branches of the Pacific Northwest’s old-growth forests—a fact only serendipitously discovered by a utility-company employee climbing trees in the 1970s.

Nature, Birds, Conservation, Pacific Northwest, Wildlife

7 points by ohjeez 18 days ago | 0 comments

How did birds survive while dinosaurs went extinct? (yahoo.com)
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Paleontology, Evolution, Extinction, Birds, Dinosaurs

28 points by isaacfrond 52 days ago | 8 comments

Krishna Bhusal: Time to highlight South Asia's less-studied vultures (mongabay.com)

Conservation, South Asia, Birds, Endangered Species

4 points by PaulHoule 82 days ago | 0 comments

Eating the Birds of America: Audubon's Culinary Reviews of America's Birds (usbirdhistory.com)

Birds, History, Food, America

154 points by Morizero 87 days ago | 95 comments

From Bede (731) to BONE (1991-2004): A sparrow's flight through the ages (thijsporck.com)