NBC 7 San Diego: Rare feather of extinct New Zealand bird fetches $28,000 at auction, making it the most expensive in the world
A rare feather from an extinct New Zealand bird set a record at auction after selling for $46,521 NZD ($28,400 USD), the Webb's auction house announced Monday. The huia bird, of the wattlebird family, ...
Rare feather of extinct New Zealand bird fetches $28,000 at auction, making it the most expensive in the world
NBC Washington: Rare feather of extinct New Zealand bird fetches $28,000 at auction, making it the most expensive in the world
Indiatimes: Birds that can regrow feathers: The science behind feather loss and regrowth
One of the remarkable abilities that birds possess is their ability to regenerate the feathers that they shed. Unlike human hair and nails, feathers consist of keratin and do not heal once damaged.
Birds that can regrow feathers: The science behind feather loss and regrowth
The Star: Nature's super feather: The tiny filoplume is a key feather for birds
Vanya, curator of birds and mammals at the Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates, studies a turkey vulture wing at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. — Photos: BRYAN ANSELM/The New York Times Vanya ...
Nature's super feather: The tiny filoplume is a key feather for birds
MSN: What “Birds of a Feather” Means and Where the Phrase Came From
“Birds of a feather flock together.” You’ve heard this phrase hundreds, or maybe even thousands of times — but do you know what it means? Do birds of a feather really flock together in nature, or is ...