| 单词 | flightless |
| 例句 | The game disappeared, taking shelter from the rain, and the men began foraging for whatever they could find: blood-drop berries, hard-shelled nuts, flightless birds with white-and-gray wings. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Most Polynesian islands originally supported big flightless birds that had evolved in the absence of predators, New Zealand’s moas and Hawaii’s flightless geese being the best-known examples. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He had spent most of his years alone and trapped by his flightless body. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Tiny folded cards flit to the floor like flightless butterflies. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z These included the elephant bird, a flightless creature ten feet tall and weighing almost half a ton—the largest bird in the world—and the giant lemurs, the globe’s largest primates. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Koalas far too big to be cuddly and cute rustled in the trees and flightless birds twice the size of ostriches sprinted on the plains. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He had spent most of his years alone and trapped by his flightless body. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Like we’re all left flightless and I’m the only one awake to notice. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Our most endangered are flightless species thus defenceless in the face of the exotic carnivores. New Zealand for Beginners 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z The original 2016 film, based on the popular video games, imagined an island full of flightless birds being suddenly terrorized by green porcine, egg-stealing invaders. ‘The Angry Birds Movie 2’ Review: So Stupid, Yet So Funny 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z The pair settled on Stephens Island, where a type of small, flightless bird abounded. The Outdoor Cat: Neighborhood Mascot or Menace? 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z When we went ashore one afternoon to talk about changing the crews, a flightless bird called a weka wandered out of the woods and started foraging on the beach. A senior’s intense, 14-day sailing lesson — from scratch — off the New Zealand coast 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Morphology of the cranium suggests that it was a nocturnal, flightless duck that relied on simple tactile cues for detecting prey. New to Nature No 15: Talpanas lippa, the 'mole duck' 2010-08-04T14:24:00Z They still face a host of obstacles, including their own stunted, flightless forms, poisoned waters and "evil forces that would like nothing more than to butcher the fabulous beasts for ill-gotten reward." Local books: dragons and their keepers, and a history of the Elwha 2012-02-06T22:51:04Z The brave user looks less like a mammoth flightless bird and more like a “Close Encounters” alien head wrapped in a gray sweatshirt. We’re in the golden age of travel pillows. Too bad we hate them all. - The Washington Post 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Most unusual choice: the kiwi, a flightless bird native to New Zealand. March Class of KidsPost: Fourth-graders from Linton, North Dakota 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z In addition, the flightless birds inhabit less surface area than other winged creatures. In the Falkland Islands, a quest to see as many penguins as possible 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Her thesis research was the ecology of the giant pied-billed grebe, a flightless bird that was then found only at Lake Atitlan in the Guatemalan highlands and now is extinct. Anne LaBastille, Adirondack 'Woodswoman,' dies 2011-07-06T00:16:03Z The afterlife of the disastrously delicious flightless bird in museums is almost as tragic as its extinction in its native Mauritius in the 17th century. Half a dodo found in museum drawer 2011-02-21T18:14:34Z Rheas are gray flightless birds distantly related to ostriches and emus. Don’t Try to Catch a Komodo Dragon — Unless You’re David Attenborough 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z The flightless, aquatic birds first started showing up in Simon’s Town on the Western Cape in the early 1980s as boat traffic around their natural habitat increased. Waddling into view are the stars of Netflix’s ‘Penguin Town’ 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z Despite some fine dialogue and gestures toward broader, important themes — justice, sacrifice — “To the Bone,” like the birds the women dismember, is flightless. ‘To the Bone,’ by Lisa Ramirez, About Immigrant Workers 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Penguins: Spy in the Huddle, A Nature Special Presentation This limited series gets cozy with several species of the flightless aquatic birds. Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit' 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Macintyre describes him as “a distinctive figure around Whitehall, his arms flapping when animated, hopping along the pavement like a huge, flightless, myopic bird.” Books of The Times: ?Operation Mincemeat? by Ben Macintyre 2010-05-11T21:44:00Z Penguins are flightless, but Blindy, for a few moments anyway, gets to be airborne. New Zealand family gives big boost to tiny penguins 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Elijah’s was a stuffed kiwi, the flightless bird that is an unofficial emblem of New Zealand. Children Are Hunting Teddy Bears During the Coronavirus Outbreak 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z Other flightless birds lamented the quality of their officials’ responses to the crisis. True Tales of Quarantined Socializing 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z The interior cage holds a single, flightless bird, with a gull’s hooked beak and a raptor’s talons, standing on a patch of freshly sown wheat. Art Review: Jane Alexander’s Work at St. John the Divine 2013-04-25T20:34:53Z Another Spinney painting, titled “In My Dreams I Can Fly,” shows Big Bird — who is traditionally depicted as flightless — with his wings spread as he soars high above the countryside. Original Big Bird, Caroll Spinney, Leaves ‘Sesame Street’ After Nearly 50 Years 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z Here are 10 films ranging from narrative features and documentaries to animated films and even some shorts, that feature the adorable flightless waterfowl. “Drew! Barry! More Power!”: The 10 best penguin movies ever made 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z The third documentary will examine ostriches and other flightless birds. New Attenborough films announced 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z I’ll have to see the Dodo — that extinct flightless bird — tomorrow, too. Oxford: Where time is fluid, Latin is far from dead and every stone tells a story 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Kent Police officers were alerted and helped locate the flightless bird in a residential street close to its home. Loose: Family reunited with pet emu caught on doorbell camera 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z The flightless bird was captured on doorbell footage at a property in Loose, Kent, on Saturday. Watch: Escaped emu caught on doorbell camera 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Relationship patterns among flightless stick insects suggest that birds disperse the eggs after eating gravid females. Death is only the beginning: Birds disperse eaten insects' eggs 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z But the birds, sometimes called owl parrots, are flightless and slow. How New Zealand saved the kakapo from extinction 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Using the same methods, she later discovered that an extinct flightless bird from the Caribbean was most closely related to similarly bygone, ground-dwelling birds from Africa and New Zealand. Caribbean parrots thought to be endemic are actually relicts of millennial-scale extinction 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Standing more than 6 feet tall, Gastornis had a massive skull and beak; a strong, relatively short neck; thick-boned, long legs; vestigial short wings; and a body that resembled that of a giant flightless turkey. 'Spirit Whales and Sloth Tales' tracks Washington fossils and their stories 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Two flightless takahe were released at a New Zealand sanctuary in the latest effort to stop some of the world's rarest birds becoming extinct. New Zealand birds: Takahe facing extinction find new home in sanctuary 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z Most species of stick insects are flightless, yet they are distributed over wide distances and across geographical features that would impede the expansion of flightless animals. Death is only the beginning: Birds disperse eaten insects' eggs 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z These flightless, thumb-sized, omnivorous cannibals have been covering sidewalks, eating up vegetation and each other. Nevada is crawling with swarms of smelly 'Mormon crickets' 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Yet this Miami-based kiwi — one of about 60 of the flightless birds living in zoos outside their native New Zealand — has been forced into the international spotlight, literally and figuratively. They Cuddled a Kiwi. New Zealand Said, ‘Stop That.’ 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Considered a national icon in New Zealand, the flightless kiwi bird is symbolic of the country's unique natural heritage and the basis for the nickname applied to its people. Miami zoo apologises for mistreatment of iconic kiwi bird 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z The largest living bird is the ostrich, and while it is much smaller than the largest mammals, it is flightless. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The hen-sized flightless bird can be found in just two states — Nevada and California — in the high desert along the Sierra Nevada’s eastern front. Bi-state sage grouse considered for threatened status, again 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Conservation authorities say feral cats are a significant threat to the South Pacific country’s unique wildlife, including native birds such as the flightless kiwi. A contest encouraged children to hunt feral cats — until the backlash 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z But almost three months after the procedure, which took up to 2.5 hours for each penguin, the aquatic flightless birds can see clearly now, with a noticeable increase in responsiveness and activity levels. Singapore: The penguins given world-first cataract surgery 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z It's a vestigial leftover, something not useful for reproduction or survival, such as wings on flightless birds. Experts aren't entirely sure why humans evolved orgasms 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z Some examples of vestigial structures are wings on flightless birds, leaves on some cacti, and hind leg bones in whales. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The absence of terrestrial predators allowed flightless parrots, kiwis and moas to thrive. The Biggest Penguin That Ever Existed Was a ‘Monster Bird’ 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z The dodo was a flightless bird native to the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, off the coast of Madagascar. Dallas ‘de-extinction’ firm announces plans to bring back the dodo bird 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Whether “bringing back” a semblance of the extinct flightless bird is feasible is a matter of debate. A 'De-Extinction' Company Wants to Bring Back the Dodo 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z The last dodo, a flightless bird about the size of a turkey, was killed in 1681 on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. Bring back dodo? Ambitious plan draws investors, critics 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z The large flightless birds' eggs have been found in archaeological sites from several periods. Fried or scrambled? Prehistoric ostrich eggs for cooking found in Israel 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z In the last five centuries, hundreds of unique animals have vanished across the world, such as the flightless Dodo bird killed off from the island of Mauritius in the late 1600s. Extinction crisis puts 1 million species on the brink 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z It is home to a number of species not found anywhere else including giant tortoises, flightless cormorants and several species of iguanas, including the pink iguana. Endangered pink iguana hatchlings seen for first time on Galapagos island 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z NC State is also an appropriate home for the flightless pair because the university generates one-third of all poultry students in the United States, Dole said. With a waddle, gobble and trot, turkeys pardoned by Biden return to NC to retire 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z That journey — documented in the 2005 film “March of the Penguins” as well as in the 2006 animated movie “Happy Feet” — turned the hardy, flightless seabird into an animal icon of resilience. Climate change threatens emperor penguins with extinction, officials say 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z In the distance, wind turbines turned over cornfields, where earlier we saw a flock of Nandu, a flightless bird resembling an ostrich. What Does Sustainable Living Look Like? Maybe Like Uruguay 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z In New Zealand, for instance, the devices are successfully used to teach hunting dogs to stay away from Kiwis, the endangered, flightless national bird. Punishment, puppies, and science: Bringing dog training to heel 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z Examples of vestigial structures include wings on flightless birds, leaves on some cacti, and hind leg bones in whales. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Instead, we learned several flightless dances, including the merengue, solo salsa and swing. In Virginia, a weekend full of ‘Dirty Dancing’ 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z Then, in Australia, Darwin saw another large flightless bird, the emu. Miller & Levine Biology 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z The bulk of these activities take place in rookeries that are often inaccessible to the flightless or boatless. Pelicans’ paradise on Smith Island, Md. 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z The insects, which are not true crickets but shield-backed katydids, are flightless. ‘Biblical’ insect swarms spur Oregon push to fight pests 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z The emu in Australia and ostrich in Africa are flightless birds that look similar. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Graeme Taylor, principal science adviser at the New Zealand Department of Conservation, recently spoke to NBC News about recent "mass die-offs" of the flightless little blue penguin, which is native to that area. Climate change is causing "mass die-offs" of animals 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z Many of its most iconic native creatures are flightless. New Zealand’s Biodiversity Crisis Prompts Extreme Measures 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z When something startles the flightless birds, they can be seen sprinting around the edges of their enclosures, flailing their long necks around. After a power outage, an Adna Emu ranch gets a pleasant surprise 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z But as bones were cleared from the slab, he concluded that the short-winged skeleton belonged to a flightless swan. The ‘Ultimate Bird’ Once Prowled the Seas of a Young Japan 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z One of the current kits calls on students to figure out through DNA what type of animal attacked a kiwi, a threatened flightless bird native to New Zealand. Perspective | How a Virginia baby’s mysterious death will help New Zealand students 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z BirdBot uses a five-joint network that mimics the leg motion of a flightless bird, such as an ostrich, as it runs in the wild. Birds Make Better Bipedal Bots Than Humans Do 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Emus are large flightless birds native to Australia and are the second-largest living birds, after ostriches. Woodland Park Zoo celebrates birthday of one of the oldest known emus in North America 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z But once he started looking, he saw the creatures — flightless snow flies from the genus Chionea — throughout the high Cascades. Why does snow glow blue? How could a fly possibly survive high-elevation elements? Join us for an exploration of Washington’s winter wonders. 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z Last year, a hacker slipped more than 1,500 fake votes into an election database, sending one flightless bird to the top. New Zealand held a contest for Bird of the Year. The birds lost 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z The long-tailed bat, also known as the pekapeka-tou-roa and is only the size of a thumb, beat a flightless parrot to win the title. New Zealand bat flies away with bird of the year award 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z It was not initially clear why — whether there was something about the altitude that favored a flightless form, or if there was something else going on. When Insects Lost Their Homes, Evolution Clipped Their Wings 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z “In other words, Earth is a biogeographical island with respect to animals. They’re trapped, like a flightless bird on an island.” Hardy water bears survive bullet impacts—up to a point 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z Conservationists in Chile are reintroducing the rhea to its native Patagonia region, after the at-risk flightless bird was brought to near-extinction by illegal hunting. At-risk rheas released into Chile's Patagonia for repopulation 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Behind them was a kakapo — a large, flightless parrot — which was last year’s champion. New Zealand held a contest for Bird of the Year. The birds lost 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Ancient people likely helped drive to extinction megafauna like mammoths and flightless Pacific island birds, for example. Just 19% of Earth’s land is still ‘wild,’ analysis suggests 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z It is possible that in some places, even before the forests burned, there were already flightless stoneflies that simply expanded their territory after the fires. When Insects Lost Their Homes, Evolution Clipped Their Wings 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z The large, flightless bird was safely rounded up within a couple of hours Wednesday, WCTV-TV reported. Emu on the loose! Georgia deputies find big bird by highway 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z It is a flightless bird from the Galapagos Islands — but it looks like a pear-shaped bush that waddles when it walks. A tribute to lonely mascots, the most surreal symbol of sports in 2020 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z Whereas the winged males flit from tree to tree, the flightless females spend their entire lives high up in the canopy, out of reach and sight, swaying in the breeze as leaves will do. He Was a Stick, She Was a Leaf; Together They Made History 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z It was a tough competition and only a complex election system allowed the big flightless parrot to triumph over its closest rival, the antipodean albatross. New Zealand crowns chubby parrot bird of the year 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z As the citizens slept, a hacker slipped more than 1,500 fake votes into an election database, sending one flightless bird to the top. Who Would Rig This Vote? The Fraud Was Real (and Feathers Were Ruffled) 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Researchers have long relied on aerial photographs and satellites to spot colonies of the flightless marine birds. Penguin poop spotted from space reveals hidden colonies 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z When conservationists in New Zealand realised that their unique flightless birds – such as the kiwi and kakapo – were being obliterated by non-native rats, they became the world leaders in culling. Should we cull one species to save another? 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z After the flightless birds pass the nitrogen as waste, it sits on the ground where soil bacteria coverts it to nitrous oxide.” Biden widens Q Poll lead, nicks Trump on economy 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z To know them is to love them, Digby says of the large, flightless, nocturnal parrots. Daily briefing: What happens after you survive coronavirus 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z It is flightless — a common avian trait in a country without native, land-based mammalian predators. Who Would Rig This Vote? The Fraud Was Real (and Feathers Were Ruffled) 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Kākāpōs are not just rare, they are also deeply weird: flightless, nocturnal, with fragrant feathers and a comical waddling run. How the world's fattest parrot came back from the brink 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z On a recent morning, marching bands of juvenile, flightless black locusts mobbed the entrance of his home. ‘Like an Umbrella Had Covered the Sky’: Locust Swarms Despoil Kenya 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z But the nocturnal searches are putting the ancient flightless birds at risk of being attacked by introduced predators or hit by traffic. New Zealand's drought and record-breaking hot summers putting kiwi birds at risk 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z The island, located 620 miles east of mainland Ecuador, is home to a number of species, including iguanas, penguins, flightless cormorants and rats. Galapagos volcano eruption spews lava on uninhabited island, photos show 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z The island is home to a number of species, including iguanas, penguins, flightless cormorants and rats. Volcano spews lava on Galapagos island 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z The flightless birds were easy to capture, and passing sailors loved how they tasted. Why the Great Auk Is Gone for Good 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z "Being flightless, they were always targeted by local people for food and for their feathers," says Dr Thomas. Great auk: Humans hunted seabird to extinction 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Insects that avoid light, for example weta, the giant flightless crickets found in New Zealand, spend less time foraging in light-polluted areas. Light pollution is key 'bringer of insect apocalypse' 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Set in a tremorous Tokyo, the dark psychological thriller “Earthquake Bird” wants to rattle you with dangerous passion and mystery, yet it’s more of a flightless if colorful creature than anything else. Review: Alicia Vickander suspense romance ‘Earthquake Bird’ rattles but fails to hum 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z It had made the King into a flightless bird. The Invention—and Reinvention—of Impeachment 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Structurally, they are “quite solid and heavy,” said Dr. Worthy, suggesting that Heracles was most likely flightless, and subsisted on seeds and fruit from the forest floor. These Giant Parrots Once Roamed New Zealand 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z In the “Angry Birds” video games, you use a slingshot to lob flightless buzzards at wobbly fortresses stacked with snickering green pigs. Review: Exuberantly silly 'The Angry Birds Movie 2' flies higher than the first 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z Three flightless birds investigate the mysterious arrival of green pigs to their island paradise. Here are the feature and TV films airing the week of Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Paul Scofield, the senior curator of natural history at Canterbury Museum, told AFP that researchers were "putting our money on it being flightless". Ancient parrot half the size of humans discovered 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Thus, the authors suggest that changes in DYRK1A expression and function might contribute to the reduction in limb length relative to body weight that is observed in flightless individuals. Genomic mechanisms for the evolution of flightlessness in steamer ducks 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z Last week, researchers published a paper about the remains of a giant flightless bird found in a Crimean cave. The five: extinct megafauna 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z Giant flightless birds that dwarfed modern ostriches and weighed nearly half a tonne roamed Europe when the first archaic humans arrived from Africa, scientists say. Half-tonne birds may have roamed Europe at same time as humans 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z The flightless bird, a distant relative to the modern pigeon, became extinct less than a century after its discovery by Dutch explorers. Rare dodo skeleton up for auction, could sell for $750G 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Kakapos - the world's fattest species of parrot - are flightless and nocturnal. Endangered kakapo parrot gets brain surgery 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z A large, flightless exotic bird likened to a 'living dinosaur' and infamous for killing its 75-year-old owner in Florida this month is back on the market. Large, flightless bird that killed Florida man set to be auctioned 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z The flightless, nocturnal parrots were once one of the country's most common birds, but only 147 adults are left. Rare parrot has record breeding season 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z She was the one the Northern York County Regional Police called recently when one of the giant flightless birds made an appearance on Lewisberry Road, just down the hill from her place. Emu on the loose? Call in the ‘Mountain Lady’ 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z Scottie Sauls says he’d never seen an emu other than at the fair until he locked eyes with the flightless fugitive while driving through the park. Elusive emu evades capture, rsuffles feathers in Virginia 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z Animals such as lions, elephants, giraffes, rhinos, whales, sharks, sea turtles, alligators and flightless birds like the ostrich were analyzed in the work. Earth’s largest animals could disappear – because humans are eating them all 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z The flightless birds, which are only around 12 inches tall, are found on New Zealand’s coastline. Little blue penguins stolen after thieves used crowbar to break into nest 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Emus aren’t permitted in Galveston, but police say a man recently brought the large, flightless birds to the island after the death of his mother. Galveston police capture pair of runaway emus 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Rheas are large, flightless birds related to ostriches and emus. 'Escape artist' rhea on run for weeks 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z It is derived from the name of a flightless bird native to the country. Nickname 'Kiwi' ruled not discriminatory 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z What started as a typical childhood infatuation with dinosaurs developed into a fascination with the moa, a giant flightless bird native to New Zealand, which is now extinct. From Encyclopedic Collector to ‘Wikipedian-at-Large’ 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z New Zealand is home to a number of flightless birds, the most famous being the kiwi. Harry and Meghan meet mental-health workers in New Zealand 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z New Zealand is home to a number of flightless birds, the most famous being the kiwi. Harry and Meghan meet mental-health workers in New Zealand 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z More recently, the bird’s designation as the heaviest in history was challenged by the discovery of the slightly larger, unrelated Dromornis stirtoni, an Australian flightless giant that went extinct 20,000 years ago. The Elephant Bird Regains Its Title as the Largest Bird That Ever Lived 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z It was a ratite, a flightless bird of the same family as emus and ostriches, belonging to a group appropriately called elephant birds. New Titleholder For the Largest Bird of All Time 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z His preoccupation with the moa led Mr. Dickison to complete a Ph.D. on the subject of giant flightless birds at Duke University decades later. From Encyclopedic Collector to ‘Wikipedian-at-Large’ 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Emu are flightless running birds native to Australia that are the second-largest living birds by height after ostriches. Australian police arrest man accused of killing emu with car 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z Emu are flightless running birds native to Australia that are the second-largest living birds by height after ostriches. Australian police arrest man accused of killing emu with car 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z And the blitzkrieg hypothesis remains viable elsewhere: New Zealand's moa—another large flightless bird—went extinct less than 2 centuries after the arrival of the first Polynesians. New find clears Madagascar's first settlers of wiping out world's largest bird 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z The normally shy flightless birds were now regular visitors to the island’s settlement. New Zealand Town May Ban Cats to Protect Other Species 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Planet Earth: South Pacific This new episode visits isolated islands in the South Pacific where the strange wildlife includes flightless parrots, burrowing bats, giant skinks and kangaroos living in trees. Saturday's TV highlights and weekend talk shows: 'I am Paul Walker' on Paramount 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z So now she sits on her log all day, occasionally interacting with her similarly flightless friend, Amos the white pelican. Texas State Aquarium houses more rescued animals post-Harvey 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Another flightless fowl, a turkey, got the go-ahead two years ago to fly with its owner on Delta Air Lines. So you want a letter saying you need a support dog on that flight? Here's why a therapist might balk 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z These ancient, flightless and nocturnal animals are a wonder to conservationists the world over. Save the kiwi! New Zealand rallies to protect its iconic bird 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z As forests burned around the world, the only birds to survive were flightless emu-like species that lived on the ground. Birds had to relearn flight after meteor that wiped out dinosaurs 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Russia has its own contribution to the styling of stadiums, in the Soviet tradition of building tributes to the space age, flightless saucers at once cosmonautic and massive. Russia uncovered: writers on the World Cup host nation 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z Photos of a peacock, which a passenger in New Jersey tried to bring onto a plane, went viral earlier this year after United banned the flightless bird from travelling. US airline updates service animals policy 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z At one point, researchers believed that D. stirtoni was related to other flightless ratites, like emus and ostriches. The Biggest Bird That Ever Lived and 5 More Bird Superstars 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z “I'm quite confident that the Sebes giant was flightless,” says Vremir. Ancient Flying Predator Found in Transylvania 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z The most common bone weapons came from the legs of giant flightless birds called cassowaries. New Guineans carved human bones into ‘formidable, fierce-looking and beautiful’ daggers 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z The flightless elephant bird was native to Madagascar. Museum realizes collection’s rare elephant bird egg is real 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z Historians believed the flightless creature had been kept alive in a 17th Century London townhouse. Oxford Dodo 'was shot in the head' 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z For millions of years, the giant moa consisted of nine species of ostrichlike flightless birds native to New Zealand. The Biggest Bird That Ever Lived and 5 More Bird Superstars 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z But that doesn’t necessarily mean members of this species were flightless for their whole lives, Habib says. Ancient Flying Predator Found in Transylvania 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z But the current standard-bearer for mixed play is Quidditch, the sport taken from the fictional universe of Harry Potter and adapted for flightless humans. 'It doesn't seem fair to me': Ultimate players strike for gender equality 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Sarazen, a go-his-own-way type who continued to wear plus fours when all the other guys had switched to pants, called his deuce a “dodo,” the flightless and extinct bird from the island of Mauritius. There have been four double eagles made in Masters history. Here's the story behind each one - Golf Digest 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z The study authors examined cross-sections of the Archaeopteryx bones and compared these structures to bones in flying birds, flightless birds, other dinosaurs and modern crocodilians. This feathery dinosaur probably flew, but not like any bird you know 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z But being youthfully flightless didn't necessarily mean the hatchling was dependent on its parents. Rare Baby Bird Fossil Found in Dino-Era Rock 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z Up on the north slope of Miller Butte there were about 40 bighorn sheep, also recorded in spite of their flightless nature. People, birds meet for annual Christmas tally 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z The early Cenozoic oceans didn’t just open up the way for the evolution of flightless aquatic birds, Dr. Mayr speculated. Ancient Penguins Were Giant Waddling Predators 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z That means these penguins became sizable soon after they became flightless divers. Ancient penguins may have weighed more than 100 kilograms, been as tall as a human 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z In the middle of the 18th century, at around the time the US was signing the declaration of independence, a large flightless bird quietly became extinct on an island in the Indian Ocean. The other Dodo: Extinct bird that used its wings as clubs 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Whatever their limited use, the consensus in recent years seemed to be that they were vestigial, hanging around as an evolutionary remnant from T. rex’s ancestors, a little like the wings of flightless birds. T. Rex’s Tiny Arms May Have Been Vicious Weapons 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z Mostly isolated for much of the Cenozoic, South America was home to a remarkable, endemic assemblage of big, herbivorous placental mammals, marsupial-like predators and omnivores, predatory flightless birds, diverse crocodyliforms and more. Darin Croft's Horned Armadillos and Rafting Monkeys 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z Scientists are piecing together clues about the life of the dodo, hundreds of years after the flightless bird was driven to extinction. Secret life of the dodo revealed - BBC News 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z He does not see much point in throwing resources at all endangered species—especially those, such as many of New Zealand’s predatory-mammal-beset flightless birds, that he deems unlikely to make it without constant assistance. The coming sixth extinction 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z And, in 2010, a 6-foot-tall emu - a large, flightless Australian bird - caused a commotion when it got loose in downtown Rock Hill. Where the wild things are: Strange animal sightings in SC 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z It also raises a lot of questions: why do birds that aren’t as good as flying — like flightless ostriches — lay rounder eggs? Cracking the egg mystery: what makes eggs round or pointy? 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Watts envies the kiwi conservation clubs and the publicity surrounding an urgent effort to save the kakapo, New Zealand's flightless parrot. Saving the god of ugly things: New Zealand battles to bring back its rodent-sized insects 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Yet that hasn’t stopped one odd bird from calling Fernandina home: the world’s only flightless cormorant. How the clumsy Galapagos cormorant lost its flight 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Daniel mentioned “rhea,” a large, flightless South American bird. Kids from 6 to 15 savor moments at National Spelling Bee 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z But at least the Mariners, flightless and floundering, have sprouted some feathers in the past week. Mariners restore hope with successful homestand 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z Evolutionary drivers for flightless, wingpropelled divers in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Happy feet: why a 61m-year-old penguin foot has researchers dancing for joy 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z “The joke in question: Why did the chicken — but first a word on chickens. Chickens are flightless birds domesticated 3,000 years ago in Mesopotamia. “But back to the joke,” he continued. Stephen Colbert lampoons Rachel Maddow’s long-winded Trump tax reveal 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z “The biggest caveat to this study is that the authors did only a relatively basic screen for changes in noncoding regions,” says Tim Sackton, who studies the genomics of flightless birds at Harvard University. How the clumsy Galapagos cormorant lost its flight 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z A. The dodo was a flightless bird, now extinct; its 21st-century equivalent, I guess, would be the milkman. A few friendly suggestions for major sports leagues looking to speed up games 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z That same year, Natalie the flightless vulture used a gust of wind to hang glide out of her enclosure. The Ballad of Ollie the Bobcat 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z From the high vantage of pines and oaks, the raptors looked down at their chubby, flightless prey. When the National Bird Is a Burden 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z For millennia it was an island of small lizards and flightless birds, such as the iconic kiwi. Behind New Zealand’s wild plan to purge all pests 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z The big question for modern scientists is how animals like the flightless cormorant got to be this way in the first place. How the clumsy Galapagos cormorant lost its flight 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Kay says the country each year loses 25 million native birds, including the flightless kiwi. New Zealand Takes the Fight to Pint-Size Predators 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Today, Antarctica's insect fauna consists of just three species of flightless midges. Rare Antarctic beetle find delights - BBC News 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z The bones of the extinct, flightless bird were sold at Summers Place Auctions, in Billingshurst, West Sussex, to a private collector. Dodo skeleton sells for £280,000 at auction - BBC News 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z The dodo is an extinct, flightless bird from Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean. 'Once ever' dodo auction inspires excitement and envy - BBC News 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z The oldest known penguin, with fossils dating to around 60 million years ago, was already a flightless swimmers with stubby wings. 5 Times Evolution Ran in ‘Reverse’ 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z The head of the Brook Waimarama Sanctuary, Dr David Butler, tells me iconic flightless bird species will be re-introduced, bringing back a melodic chorus not heard in these parts for years. NZ's war on stoats, rats and possums - BBC News 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z The reality is that we share the same ecosystem with all the other animals, and if we deny ourselves the ability to thrive in this ecosystem, we will go the way of the flightless dodobirds. Second Thoughts of an Animal Researcher 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z The dodo was a flightless bird once found on Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean. Dodo skeleton sells for £280,000 at auction - BBC News 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z As the presentation progressed, Kateri’s handler’s arm rested on a support as Hill explained that the bird’s collision with the truck left her with permanent damage and flightless. Rehabbed golden eagle joins educational show 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Weird Animal Question of the Week decided to explore the whole group to which those birds belong, the flightless ratites. World’s Biggest Birds Are Stellar Dads and Unusual Lovers The composite of the extinct flightless bird was put together from bones collected over a number of decades. Rare dodo skeleton to be auctioned in West Sussex - BBC News 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z When the flightless Keesha was moved into the Pueblo Zoo on Dec. 26, 1980, the institution was still city-operated, manned by parks employees and characterized by undersized enclosures that offered animals little protection or stimulation. Pueblo’s golden boy 2016-08-13T04:00:00Z An isolated archipelago, New Zealand once hosted almost 200 bird species, many of them, like the iconic kiwi, having become flightless over generations because of a lack of natural predators. New Zealand’s ‘mind-blowing’ goal: Rat-free by 2050 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z New Zealand’s iconic kiwi, a small, flightless bird with a long bill, is one of the native birds endangered by rats and weasels. New Zealand Vows to Wipe Out Rats and Other Invasive Predators by 2050 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z The rotund, flightless parrots are only found in New Zealand, where they live on three predator-free islands. New Zealand kakapo sees bumper breeding season - BBC News 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Farmed for their meat and oil, the flightless birds are among the animals affected by ongoing fires in the region. Emu Flees Raging Wildfire in Southern California Based on studies of the unique megafauna Madagascar once hosted, including giant flightless birds and huge lemurs, paleoecologist Simon Haberle of the Australian National University in Canberra argues that the arrival was likely more recent. Ancient crop remains record epic migration to Madagascar 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z The park is home to such revered and threatened species as the giant Galápagos tortoise, the flightless cormorant and the blue-footed booby. Galápagos Islands Gain a New Guardian as Ecuador Moves to Protect the Park 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z It is set on an island populated by happy, flightless birds except for angry bird Red, voiced by Sudeikis, speedy Chuck, Gad's character, and Bomb, voiced by McBride. Angry Birds soars to top of US box office - BBC News 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z She made no speeches or public statements Wednesday and was photographed strolling through the grounds of the presidential palace in exercise clothing, among long-necked rheas — large, flightless birds native to South America. Brazil’s Senate readies impeachment vote against President Rousseff 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Sutherland regularly checks box traps set in the forest to catch ferrets, stoats and rats that prey on the young, flightless birds, refilling the traps with fresh eggs for bait. A New Zealand Penguin, Hard to Spot, Is Harder to Preserve 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z When they woke up - hung-over and with the flightless bird in their apartment - they tried "their incompetent best" to care for him by feeding him and putting him in the shower, the court heard. 13 of the world's most stupid criminals - BBC News 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z It is the flightless cormorant, not a flightless albatross. Galápagos Islands Gain a New Guardian as Ecuador Moves to Protect the Park 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z Each time they tried to catch the big, flightless bird, it got away. Emu evades police for days, until it’s caught in barbed wire 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z But when red foxes were imported for sport hunting in the 19th century, they found the tiny, flightless birds to be easy prey. Australia Deploys Sheepdogs to Protect Penguins From Foxes 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The flightless kiwi bird with green lasers shooting from its eyes has been ruled out. New Zealand to Vote on New Flag Designs, Then on Old or New 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Nor did the theoretical best-case scenario, in which Activision, under the influence of Blizzard, becomes some altruistic trust fund for gaming’s most creative and financially flightless minds. Guitar Hero Live is a rare harmonious marriage of art and commerce 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z They focused in particular on understanding the group called Neoaves, encompassing more than 90 percent of all birds, the exceptions being large flightless birds like ostriches and a group including ducks and chickens. Ruffling the feathers: scientists formulate bird family tree 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z Nature This new episode focuses on large flightless birds. Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit' 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z But African penguins — the continent’s only species of the flightless bird — are at risk of extinction. Cute African penguins are at risk of extinction 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z But African Penguins — the continent's only species of the flightless bird — are at risk of extinction. Africa's penguins perishing in huge numbers; effectiveness of years-old fishing ban unknown 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z It was flightless because, facing no predators or competitors for centuries on an isolated island in the Indian Ocean, it forgot how to fly. Get the Government Out of Public Broadcasting 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z The highly aggressive pukeko is half the size of the flightless takahe, and is described in bird-watching handbooks as "widespread and easily recognisable". New Zealand: Rare birds shot as cull goes wrong - BBC News 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Mallard ducks, flightless during molt, had no way to escape the botulism. Birds Are Dying As Drought Ravages Avian Highways 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z This position means that Balaur has to be interpreted as secondarily flightless, its stocky feet, forelimb proportions and body size being derived from smaller, flight-capable ancestors. The Romanian Dinosaur Balaur Seems to be a Flightless Bird 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z WZZM-TV and The Grand Rapids Press report that the flightless bird, which sparked a search in Ionia County, was found Wednesday at the farm called Emu Endeavor and killed. Emu that got loose from farm is killed after returning home 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The dodo became extinct because it was flightless. Get the Government Out of Public Broadcasting 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z That feel when our eyes gaze upon the flightless and majestic rare-Kiwi bird is a classic icon of NZ’s deep relationship with our ancestors, their spirit, land and culture. New Zealand's new flag: 15 quirky contenders 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z The children's entertainer insisted he was not bitter - Orville had made him a household name, after all - but he could never escape the nappy-wearing, flightless bird. Obituary: I created a monster - BBC News 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z An omnivorous, Sapeornis-like flightless bird? Interpreted as a bird from the region of the cladogram described above, we have to conclude that Balaur was not the arch-predator previously imagined, but an omnivore or generalist. The Romanian Dinosaur Balaur Seems to be a Flightless Bird 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z That is substantially lower than the range measured for L scagliai’s closest flightless relatives, the team reports. New species of 'terror bird' discovered 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z A genetic study suggests the flightless birds lost three of the five basic tastes long ago in evolution. Penguins lost ability to taste fish 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z In what, in evolutionary terms, amounted to no time at all, several species of New Zealand’s native ducks, a couple of flightless rails, and two species of flightless geese were gone. New Zealand’s Crusade Against Mammals | The New Yorker 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z The large flightless birds like the ostrich were confirmed as the family tree's oldest branch. Feathered friends: researchers unveil bird 'family tree' 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Based on phylogenetic analyses and critique of the various unusual features of this theropod, we argue that Balaur is likely not a dromaeosaurid, but a secondarily flightless bird. The Romanian Dinosaur Balaur Seems to be a Flightless Bird 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z But an ostrich is a flightless bird and this one turned into a turkey. Who is so-called Welsh Cocaine King? 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z The emu is a flightless Australian bird that resembles an ostrich. Emu corralled after jaunt through traffic 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z The great auk, a flightless bird that stood nearly 3 feet tall and vaguely resembled a penguin, was last sighted around 1844. Can an Inn Save Newfoundland’s Fogo Island The chicks are Marsh Lake’s Eight-Acre Island were still flightless, but at 6 weeks old were about the size of a Christmas goose. Banding pelicans can be dirty work, but rewarding 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z The domesticated versions of Bombyx mori — the creature’s scientific name — are almost entirely flightless. Art review: ‘Gedankenexperiment’ at American Association for the Advancement of Science Its prey were probably early flightless insects and other invertebrates, which it would run down and jump on. Ancient arachnid 'walks again' 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z The new study suggests that ratites did not evolve from populations of a common flightless ancestor that were separated by continental drift. Tiny Kiwi and Giant Elephant Bird Are Close Cousins 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z Yes, like the clumsy, flightless bird that went extinct and whose name became a synonym for a silly or stupid person. Tree chronicles Worcester woman’s life 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z Scientists say that the connection between the two also means that the kiwi, now a flightless bird, once took to the skies. The Kiwi, New Zealand's National Bird, Isn't From Australia After All 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z There's little basis for the legend given the bird was a flightless herbivore. Kiwi DNA link spurs rethink of flightless birds 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z It’s also fueling a broader debate about the origins of many of the world’s best-known flightless birds, from ostriches in Africa to emus in Australia. A Theory on How Flightless Birds Spread Across the World: They Flew There 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Rather, it appears these flightless birds surprisingly evolved from ancestors that flew long distances to new corners of the world and then evolved independently to be flightless. Tiny Kiwi and Giant Elephant Bird Are Close Cousins 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z The Galapagos are home to unique animal species such as the giant tortoise, marine iguana and flightless albatross. Galapagos emergency over oil tanker 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z At is the New Zealand kakapo, a flightless, nocturnal bird that is the heaviest of all parrots. The 100 most uniquely rare birds 2014-04-10T16:31:01Z That's because two decades ago, Cooper and other scientists discovered genetic links between the kiwi and two Australian flightless birds, the cassowary and the emu. Kiwi DNA link spurs rethink of flightless birds 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z How did a group of flightless birds end up scattered far and wide across the Southern Hemisphere? A Theory on How Flightless Birds Spread Across the World: They Flew There 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z It remains a mystery why these lineages of flying ratites all independently became flightless birds. Tiny Kiwi and Giant Elephant Bird Are Close Cousins 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z Darren: So we have giant flightless gannets instead of giant penguins… Speculative Zoologists Imagine Beasts of the Future 2014-04-04T11:06:16Z Another highly unusual, almost flightless bird, due to its startling ash-white plumage, the kagu is known locally as the 'ghost of the forest'. The 100 most uniquely rare birds 2014-04-10T16:31:01Z Massey University professor David Penny, who wasn't involved in the research but who peer reviewed it for Science, said the results are very interesting and help complete the puzzle of flightless birds. Kiwi DNA link spurs rethink of flightless birds 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Rather than being flightless, their ancestor was a partridge-like bird that could travel by air. A Theory on How Flightless Birds Spread Across the World: They Flew There 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z The largest species of flightless birds alive today are called the ratites, and include the ostrich, emu and rhea. Tiny Kiwi and Giant Elephant Bird Are Close Cousins 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z Over the past several years, remote cameras have obtained images of a remarkable new species of giant flightless bird. The Biggest Bird That (N)ever Lived 2014-04-01T07:58:16Z When Maori settlers arrived in New Zealand in the 13th century, they were greeted by some formidable inhabitants: the moa, nine species of flightless birds up to 12 feet tall. After the Fact: Bird’s Extinction Is Tied to the Arrival of Humans 2014-03-24T21:39:57Z "Some companies are dodos, and they're dodos," said Klaff, recalling a French museum where he saw an exhibit about the flightless bird that became extinct. Hersch Klaff, big-game hunter in a retail jungle 2014-03-10T05:00:00Z Those pieces carried away the flightless ratites that lived on them. A Theory on How Flightless Birds Spread Across the World: They Flew There 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z The moa is an extinct flightless bird that gets considerably less attention than the dodo. Museum's dinosaurs get overhaul 2014-02-16T02:01:41Z I imagine that a more scientifically plausible dragon wouldn’t be the slender, monitor lizard-like monstrosity we see in the latest Hobbit film and more like a flightless, bloated flame-thrower. Smaug Breathes Fire Like A Bloated Bombardier Beetle With Flinted Teeth 2014-01-02T16:45:13.144Z This is the story of a flightless Muppet-esque parrot and a parasitic plant that lives underground. The Best Animal Stories of 2013 2013-12-31T18:15:02.455Z To test this idea, the researchers designed an experiment using freshly slaughtered ostriches which, being large and flightless birds, seemed to be a reasonable modern equivalent to dinosaurs. Palaeontology: Life in the old fossil yet 2013-11-28T15:58:36Z That date poses a serious problem to the idea that ratites have been flightless since the days of Gondwana. A Theory on How Flightless Birds Spread Across the World: They Flew There 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z In doing so, he found that the creature's traits were surprisingly similar to those of modern flightless birds such as rails and grebes that frequently dwell on islands. Did Iconic Archaeopteryx Lose Its Ability to Fly? 2013-11-13T15:45:00.493Z We now demonstrate functional gears in the ballistic jumping movements of the flightless planthopper insect Issus. [Report] Interacting Gears Synchronize Propulsive Leg Movements in a Jumping Insect 2013-09-12T17:57:21.983Z One idea is that some species became flightless because of a lack of predators on the ground. Flightless penguin puzzle 'solved' 2013-05-21T05:25:54Z Travel, Science and Natural History auction, april 24 Relics of two extinct, flightless birds are among the scientific oddities and historic curiosities up for sale at a London auction house this month. A dodo bone and other scientific oddities hit the auction block 2013-04-15T20:45:23Z It began when the Blackstone Group posted on Thursday, without much fanfare, a picture of two little flightless birds wandering around the investment giant's Midtown Manhattan office. DealBook: Private Equity's Penguins on Parade 2013-01-19T02:35:43Z It will grow up to be a flightless, nocturnal insect that stretches up to 12 cm long, its solid, shiny black or rust-coloured body weighing up to 25 grams. Lord Howe Island stick insects are going home 2012-08-22T17:15:03.077Z The flightless birds were only recognized as a separate species in 1994, raising the total number of kiwi species to five. Rarest Kiwi Species Takes Flight 2012-06-22T03:15:00.220Z They said that the bird represented a tipping point between seabirds that are able to both fly and swim, and those that are flightless. Flightless penguin puzzle 'solved' 2013-05-21T05:25:54Z Whereas the emperor penguin's environment may be too harsh for a human, the flightless bird is well adapted to its home. Penguins from Space: A New Satellite Census Doubles the Known Population of Emperors 2012-04-13T21:15:00.233Z Same game, worked the pick-and-roll with Lucas, ending thunderously at the rim to posterize the slow, late and flightless Glen “Big Baby’’ Davis. Bulls' run fun, but wait until the Heat is on 2012-03-21T14:19:00Z “It could go the way of the dodo,” he said in a telephone interview, referring to the flightless bird in Mauritius that was driven to extinction in the late 17th century. Nobody Wants TMX With 198% Return on Maple Acquisition: Real M&A 2012-02-26T18:23:01Z Ostriches and emus are members of the ratites, a group of flightless birds that also includes rheas and kiwis. Ostrich Penis Clears Up Evolutionary Mystery 2011-12-08T20:45:01.940Z Some birds are even rendered flightless shortly before they lay their eggs. Baby Bumps Slow Dolphins Down 2011-11-24T05:15:00Z And one wonders if in the long centuries running to thousands of years, of tame flightless existence, the strongest impulse of the wild migrant has been wholly extinguished in the domestic goose? Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z These feathers, then, presumably adorned a diving bird—perhaps Hesperornis, a flightless North American diver from precisely this period. Fossil feathers: Not just for the birds 2011-09-14T18:17:45Z He may have at some time seen one of the flightless Great Auks, swimming along down the Bay on its way South for the winter. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z The idea is to help a tiny flightless bird into the air by setting him off down a hill, launching him into the air, then touching the screen to maintain his flight. 25 best smartphone games ? part two 2011-07-15T14:46:49Z A flightless, juvenal female was obtained by local boys at Pisté on July 21. Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula 2011-06-21T02:00:27.783Z It stars Jim Carrey as a father who learns the importance of family life when he inherits half a dozen of the flightless birds. Green Lantern powers to the top 2011-06-20T12:15:27Z These large flightless birds are super-dads who have no need for any help from mom. Good Dads and Not-So-Good Dads in the Animal Kingdom 2011-06-19T10:15:00.293Z The Guam Rail, a flightless bird locally known as the ko’ko’, thrived. Problems Without Passports: Scientific Research Diving at USC Dornsife--The Endangered Endemics and the Aggressive Invader 2011-05-24T13:45:00.233Z Before humans first arrived on Ile aux Aigrettes, various giant tortoises lived there, as did giant skinks—a type of lizard—and, most likely, flightless dodo birds. Alien Giant Tortoise Helps Restore Ecosystem 2011-05-03T17:21:00Z Questionable characters, such as the single-fingered dinosaur and the flightless, club-winged bird, ultimately died off despite—if not because of—their idiosyncratic adaptations. What was a South American herbivore doing with saber teeth? 2011-03-25T16:45:03.737Z Based on what I know about Morehead State's tradition of excellence, we'll give them the nod over the holy flightless birds. Introducing ... Ask Akita 2011-03-14T18:56:07Z Armin Veh, a fellow flightless drake after announcing his intended departure as Hamburg manager at the end of the season last week, sadly did not manage to go out on a high. Bayern, Hamburg, S04, Wolfsburg in running for most chaotic club award 2011-03-14T12:26:04Z Among the birds, the large flightless forms, Eupterornis, Gastornis, were prominent, and many others were present, such as the ancestral forms of our modern gulls, albatrosses, herons, buzzards, eagles, owls, quails, plovers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z An extinct flightless bird from Jamaica fought rivals and predators using wings evolved into clubs, scientists suggest. Ancient island bird went clubbing 2011-01-05T00:03:58Z Julian Hume, an avian palaeontologist with London's Natural History Museum who was not involved in the research, noted that unlike most flightless birds, Xenicibis retained long wings, possibly making its flailing more powerful. Ancient island bird fought with club-like wings 2011-01-05T00:03:58Z The first is the small group of flightless, running birds, made up of five living birds, all inhabiting southern lands. An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use 2010-12-31T03:00:10.497Z This keel is much reduced in the New Zealand parrot, Stringops, less in various flightless rails, in the dodo and solitaire. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z Choose a name for this rare flightless bird -- What do you think of when you hear the word "kiwi"? a. National Zoo invites people to pick a name for kiwi chick 2010-10-13T04:00:00Z Canada geese shed their plumage during the summer, rendering them flightless, and therefore easier to catch. Goose With Arrow in Its Neck Gets Free 2010-06-22T02:00:00Z But among some large, flightless birds like emus and rheas, the male is often the sole keeper of the nest. Father-Child Bonds in the Animal World, Special and Strange 2010-06-14T22:33:00Z Thus the life-history tells us that this bird is a degenerate form, and not a primitive flightless form, for it has evidently descended from flying ancestors. An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use 2010-12-31T03:00:10.497Z Starting with the kiwi and cassowary, people have got into the habit of confounding flightless with wingless conditions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z The latest idea: Genetic engineering that results in flightless females. Mosquito season approaches 2010-03-09T05:00:00Z They'll take flightless geese, seals silly enough to get caught on shore when the tide goes out, and caribou and moose calves. In Canada, Grizzlies Invade Polar Bear Turf 2010-02-27T06:45:00Z Among the birds, there are flightless cormorants, which have stumpy little wings; and, famously, there are several unique species of finch. 2010-02-02T23:33:00Z Over the winter, the birds undergo their main moult in which they lose their wing feathers, making them flightless and vulnerable to adverse conditions, such as storms or poor food supplies. 2010-01-12T18:25:00Z Many of these birds, to judge from the enormous size of their hind-limbs, were undoubtedly flightless, e.g. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z With no time for repairs, Mawson removed the wings and took the rest of the plane, aiming to use it as a flightless "air tractor" to haul equipment across the ice. 2010-01-05T12:49:00Z Thousands of bones of this curious flightless pigeon were collected through Sir E. Newton’s9 exertions, and by H. H. Sclater on behalf of the Royal Society of London. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" The birds, as far as existing evidence goes, were aquatic; some, like Ichthyornis, were built for powerful flight; others, like Hesperornis, were flightless. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" A half dozen squawking, flightless birds coiled above the door in the attic were disposed of. The Land of Look Behind Birds which are originally immigrants from North America: Podicipedidae, with the flightless Centropelma on Lake Titicaca; Ceryle, the only genus of kingfishers in the New World; all the Oscines. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z They are flightless, but their wings are modified into powerful fins or flappers. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia Dogs, cats and the European rats came in early with the settlers, and destroyed the flightless birds, driving them for shelter to the mountains. More Science From an Easy Chair It was for this irrational caprice among others that, like a relatively poor man in this jiggling and forward moving box, he was absconding on an economical and flightless journey to nowhere. An Apostate: Nawin of Thais It is flightless and entirely dependent on its short powerful legs to carry it out of danger. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told But when King Jormunrek saw the hawk, it came to his mind that as the hawk was flightless and featherless, so his kingdom was without preservation; for he was old and sonless. The Younger Edda Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda But, in others, the hind-limbs elongate and the fore-limbs shorten, until their relative proportions approach those which are observed in the short-winged, flightless, ostrich tribe among birds. Lectures and Essays The Kiwis are still in existence, but the Moas and some of the other flightless birds have died out since the arrival of the Maori man, who killed and ate them. More Science From an Easy Chair These parasites must have been inherited unchanged by the various members of these three families of flightless birds from their common ancestors, that is from early Cainozoic times at latest. The Life-Story of Insects Thus we may explain the origin of so many flightless and rather bulky birds in oceanic islands, as the dodo, the cassowary, and the extinct moas. Darwinism (1889) They have spread widely, and have not confined their depredations to the rabbits, so that the indigenous flightless birds have suffered largely. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Several of these flightless swans were starved to death in 1902. The Naturalist on the Thames The wekas or Maori hens are small, flightless birds, averaging when full grown about two and three-quarter pounds. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 They are flightless birds, but excellent swimmers and tremendous in size, with white breast, short wings, black head, and long peaked bills. The Smoky God, or, a voyage to the inner world |
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