Tag Archives: Nocturnal

[ad_1] CLOSE No one suspected it, but after a brain reconstruction study, scientists found the largest bird known to science was possibly blind and roamed Madagascar at night. Buzz60 A rendering of …

[ad_1] A rendering of elephant birds, who would have wandered in what is Madagascar today. John Maisano for the University of Texas at the Austin Jackson School of Geosciences The largest birds …

[ad_1] If you encountered an elephant bird today, it would be hard to miss. Measuring in at over 10 feet tall, the extinct avian is the largest bird known to science. However, …

[ad_1] Artistic interpretation of giant and nocturnal elephant bird artists who forage in the ancient forests of Madagascar at night John Maisano for the University of Texas at the Austin Jackson School …

[ad_1] Climatologists have not explained what plants do at night and it is a mistake. A new study by the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) found that nutrient …

[ad_1] For reference, "Sesame Street's" Big Bird stands at 8 feet, 2 inches. New research suggests that the giant flightless birds, which went extinct between 500 and 1,000 years ago, were also …

[ad_1] A digital brain reconstruction of a recently extinct elephant bird revealed that its optic lobes were virtually absent, a trait common with the kiwi, a closely related relative, which indicates that …

[ad_1] By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) – You may have thought that Big Bird was gigantic in an unrealistic way, but it's still not the biggest bird to have ever walked on …

[ad_1] A new study in the journal Neurology shows that NightWatch, a connected armband based in Leiden (Netherlands), LivAssured, detected nocturnal epileptic seizures in 85% of cases. The device has been developed …

[ad_1] The blind cavernicolous, pale pink, has been living in darkness for millions of years, which has made it lose its old system of DNA repair. This image shows a Somali blind …