The most beautiful aspect of the world we live in is the diversity within our animal kingdom. Birds are particularly colorful, many with a unique pattern of markings that makes it hard to believe they ...

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Fossilized Trisauropodiscus tracks from more than 210 million years ago (marked with 4 cm scale) compared to modern bird tracks from March 2018 (marked with 3 cm scale) Abrahams et al. under CC-BY 4.0 ...

A cyanotype shows a scientist holding a bird at a bird banding station. (Courtesy of Daniel Lombardi) A cyanotype shows a scientist holding a bird at a bird banding ...

Among the most popular books of the time, bestiaries were filled with real and mythical animals and their lore, the protagonists of intriguing stories symbolizing human virtues and faults. SCULPTED IN ...