Birds

• Bird and Baby Physics

  Oct. 17, 2009 from News to Know

  Yet another experimental study teaches us more about the sophisticated (and, perhaps, surprising) intelligence of crows.

• National Geographic News: “Giant Toucan Bills Help Birds Keep Their Cool”

  Aug. 1, 2009 from News to Know

  The brilliantly colored bills of toucans aren’t just eye candy. Rather, they play an essential role in helping the birds control their temperature, scientists report.

• Bird Origin Problems

  April 11, 2009 from News to Know

  Can evolutionists rescue their own model of bird origins?

• Bird Sets Nonstop Flight Record at 7,257 miles

  Oct. 25, 2008 from News to Know

  Boeings and Airbuses of the world, step aside: there’s a newly recognized king (or, in this case, queen) of the long-haul flight.

• New Study Has Completely Redrawn Tree of Avian Life

  July 5, 2008

  New science has “completely redrawn” the avian tree of life, undoing the previous view of bird relationships.

• Birds Able to Cooperate and Solve Problems

  April 5, 2008 from News to Know

  A team at the University of Cambridge has found that pairs of birds can solve a problem “as well as” pairs of chimps, reports BBC News.

• Modern Birds Existed Before Extinction of Dinosaurs

  Feb. 16, 2008

  Birds were around long before the downfall of the dinos, according to new research that studies “discrepancies between results from fossils and genetic analyses” of birds.

• Magazine Article

  Penguins

  

  Dec. 5, 2007 from Answers Magazine

  So where did penguins come from? The Bible tells us in Genesis 1:20–22 that God created all sea creatures and birds on Day 5 of the Creation Week.

• Songbird, Sing Me a Song

  Oct. 20, 2007

  A press release from Penn State University this week draws attention to the incredible mental capabilities of “ordinary” songbirds.

• Birds: Better Than the Compass

  Sept. 29, 2007

  According to a new study published in PLoS ONE, the ability to see the earth’s magnetic field may be more than fantasy for birds.

• Evolutionists Won't Hear This Bird's Argument

  Sept. 22, 2007

  An obituary for a grey parrot named Alex reminds us that evolutionists’ ideas about human origins don’t always—or should we say don’t often?—line up with reality.

• Birds Make Nest Eggs

  Feb. 24, 2007

  A new discovery highlighting bird intelligence, reported in Nature this week, further upsets evolutionary implications that elevate the intelligence of chimps and other primates.

• Bird-Brained Toolmakers

  Nov. 4, 2006 from News to Know

  Scientists have determined experimentally that crows can learn to use tools to some extent.

• The Bird That Fishes, But Doesn’t Fly

  May 24, 2005

  How did cormorants first arrive on the Galápagos Islands?

• Magazine Article

  Air Attack

  Dec. 1, 2004, pp. 28–32

  This sounds like something out of a horror movie: an extraordinarily intelligent, playful parrot adapts its diet from seeds and insects to red meat.

• Technical Research Paper

  The Evolution of Feathers: A Major Problem for Darwinism

  April 1, 2003, pp. 33–41

  One of the most difficult issues related to bird evolution is the evolution of feathers. Feathers are complex, designed structures required for flight, and are today found only on birds.

• Magazine Article

  Claws on Wings

  Oct. 1, 1982, pp. 24–25

  Did you know that there are three living birds with claws on their wings?

• Magazine Department Article

  Birds in a Family Tree

  Oct. 1, 2015 from Answers Magazine

  A consortium of two hundred evolutionary scientists representing twenty countries wants to answer the question of how birds became so diverse.

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