Birds

• The Incubator Bird: Nest Engineers

  

  Aug. 22, 2017 from 10 Cursed Creatures with Undeniable Design

  If you were an unhatched Malleefowl chick, your life would depend on the ability of your parents to incubate their eggs between 29 to 38 degrees Celsius.

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  Why “Egg-Shaped” Varies So Much

  

  Aug. 21, 2017 from Answers in Depth

  The diversity of bird egg shapes spans a wide range from spherical to elliptical with many degrees of asymmetry. Why?

• Emperor Penguins: Equipped for Life at the “Bottom” of the World

  

  July 25, 2017 from 10 Cursed Creatures with Undeniable Design

  In God’s wise foresight, He equipped the original penguin kind with the genetic information necessary for penguins like the emperor penguin to exist today.

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  Salt Removal on Demand

  

  June 4, 2017 from Answers Magazine

  Seabirds have a special gland that helps them drink seawater. Amazingly, a few other birds can develop this salt gland, as needed.

• The Intricacies of Flight in the Natural World

  

  Feb. 23, 2017

  Richard Dawkins sought to justify an idea of gradually producing flight, but showed little understanding of the engineering principles involved in aerodynamics.

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  Emperor of the Ice

  

  Jan. 9, 2017 from Answers Magazine

  Emperor penguins are among the world’s most recognizable and well-loved birds.

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  Do Naked Bearded Dragons Reveal Common Ancestry of Scales, Feathers, and Fur?

  

  Oct. 3, 2016 from Answers in Depth

  Discovery of placodes on reptile embryos is being seen as proof of the evolutionary connection between reptilian scales, bird feathers, and mammalian hair.

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  Birds Are Brainy

  

  Oct. 1, 2016 from Answers Magazine

  Birds are smarter than primates, according to a study published in a recent issue of PNAS.

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  God’s Spaceships

  

  July 1, 2016 from Answers Magazine

  Thank you, Lord, for daily reminders of your provision.

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  Birdbrained Breakthrough

  

  July 1, 2016 from Answers Magazine

  How can we better protect athletes from concussions? A newly discovered woodpecker design may help.

• Magazine Article

  Flightless Birds—Alternate Flight Plan

  

  May 22, 2016 from Answers Magazine

  When we think of birds, we think of flight. But it appears the Creator had other plans, too.

• Bird Speciation from the Flood to the Present

  

  May 13, 2016

  A scientist with a biblical worldview has to account for the different species of birds found today in each created bird kind from the Flood to the present.

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  Bird’s-Eye View

  

  Oct. 18, 2015 from Answers Magazine

  A bird’s-eye view involves much more than the panoramic view we see from an airplane.

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  Domesticated Pigeons—Anything but Common

  

  July 1, 2015 from Answers Magazine

  We often associate “common” with “ordinary.” But there’s nothing ordinary about pigeons.

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  The Big Bang of Bird Evolution?

  

  May 12, 2015 from Answers in Depth

  Researchers say the “big bang” of bird evolution has been mapped, revealing the history and origin of birds, but they assume all life shares a common ancestry.

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  Northern Gannets—Death-Defying Dive Bombers

  

  April 26, 2015 from Answers Magazine

  The capabilities of these seafaring dive bombers are unmatched in the animal world.

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  Through Your Lens

  April 1, 2015 from Answers Magazine

  The snowy egret has over thirty different strategies to catch fish.

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  The Hummingbird: God’s Tiny Miracle

  

  Jan. 6, 2015, pp. 10–12

  I cannot doubt the hand of God the Creator in the design of the remarkable hummingbirds. Truly they are ‘God’s tiny miracle.’

• Classic Black

  Jan. 28, 2012 from News to Know

  Classic black never goes out of style.

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  A Humdinger of a Challenge

  

  Jan. 1, 2012 from Answers Magazine

  Hummingbirds seem to have been designed specifically to defy evolution.

• Bowerbird’s Artistic Sense

  Sept. 18, 2010 from News to Know

  Before the discovery of bowerbirds’ optical effects, only humans were known to design optical illusions. But does the bowerbird possess an artistic sense like humans?

• Function of the Wings of Flightless Birds

  July 10, 2010

  Biologists have identified the function of what were once considered vestigial structures: the wings of flightless birds.

• Magazine Article

  Three: Without a Leg to Stand On

  Nov. 23, 2009 from Answers Magazine

  Birds are vastly different from dinosaurs. How could one come from the other?

• A Head Full of Magnets

  Nov. 21, 2009 from News to Know

  Turtles, birds, and butterflies had GPS long before humans invented the device. These creatures migrate thousands of miles each year to find food, to find breeding grounds, and to escape harsher seasons. Now scientists may be one step closer to uncovering how this animal navigation system works.

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