Sentences with phrase «after the birds hatched»

Because the RNAi wasn't used to dampen FOXP2 activity until 23 days after the birds hatched, the new study shows that the gene has a role beyond embryonic development, says neurogeneticist Simon Fisher of the University of Oxford in the U.K. «The gene, at least in songbirds, may have important active functions in [neural] circuits,» he says.

After the birds hatch, keep them fed with a drown - proof waterer and sanitary 7 - hole feeder.

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Sadly, rather than giving these birds more space and reducing their stress, many turkey production facilities will cut off the ends of turkeys» beaks and toes shortly after they have hatched, usually with a laser, and without any pain relief.

That song appears to keep the chicks from growing too large after they hatch if the weather is toasty — and it even affects the number of baby birds in the next generation, though researchers aren't sure exactly why.

Tens of millions of years before dinosaurs evolved into birds, a proto - dinosaur had surprising features that suggest its young needed parental care after hatching

At the US Geological Survey's Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Wisconsin, the birds are now raised after hatching by researchers dressed as cranes.

«When a pandemic didn't happen the week after the bird flu stories broke, the stories were no longer interesting,» says Greger, who wrote the book Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatchbird flu stories broke, the stories were no longer interesting,» says Greger, who wrote the book Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own HatchBird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching.

In her landmark book, she documented a litany of evils observed after DDT and other organochlorine insecticides were sprayed on landscapes, rivers, and lawns: dead birds and paralyzed birds, pigeons dropping from the sky, bird nests without eggs and eggs that did not hatch, dead fish and fish swimming in circles, cancers in humans, and a buildup of DDT in the fat of animals and people.

No one would expect a baby bird to take flight immediately after hatching, yet paleontologists who have examined the first known pterosaur embryo think that's exactly what the fledgling reptiles once did.

The birds were fed the drug for several days just before and just after their chicks hatched.

After suckering the masses of gentle, gullible birds into letting down their guard, the diabolical invaders proceed to steal every hatched egg on the island before setting sail for home.

The wee birds hatch after 17 days, and generally learn to fly within three or four weeks.