**Dakhla Bird Quiz** Who am I? Answer tomorrow! #dakhlaoasis #ancientbirds #amheida2026

A 17th century illustration with a bird picking the teeth of a crocodile

A 20th century engraved print showing a spurwing lapwing picking the teeth of a crocodile.

A black, gray, and white bird in a green field

DAKHLA Bird Quiz #2 (2/2). Herodotus’ account was repeated by ancient and medieval authors (eg, 9th-c al-Jahiz, Bk of Animals) and re-popularized by 19th- and early 20th-c. naturalists and travel-writers (like H. Scherren) But scientists say that H. got it wrong. #ancientbirds #amheida2026

Black, gray and white bird in a green field. Orange banners declare that it is the Spur-wing Lapwing or Trochilus bird

DAKHLA bird Quiz #2 (1/2). It’s the “Spur-winged lapwing,” ubiquitous in the #dakhlaoasis. Sometimes identified with Herodotus’ “trochilus,” or “crocodile bird” (2.68), a bird he says had a symbiotic relationship with crocodiles, tolerated because they clean their teeth. #ancientbirds #amheida2026

Black, white, and gray bird in a green field

Dakhla Bird Quiz #2. What am I? Answer tomorrow. #amheida2026 #dakhlaoasis #ancientbirds #birding #egypt

Science news this week: 'Bringing back' giant ancient birds and a shift in Earth's poles June 12, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

Science news this week: 'Bringing back' giant ancient birds and a shift in Earth's poles #Science #Biology #Paleontology #AncientBirds #EarthPoles

First evidence of ancient birds nesting above the Arctic circle Tiny bone fragments from Alaska suggest birds started breeding and nesting in the Arctic 30 million years earlier than previously thought

First evidence of ancient birds nesting above the Arctic circle #Science #Biology #Zoology #AncientBirds #ArcticCircle #FossilEvidence

Scientists Have Uncovered One of the Oldest Birds Ever – And It’s Unlike Anything We’ve Seen Scientists discovered two Jurassic bird fossils in China, pushing back bird diversification by 20 million years. One, Baminornis zhenghensis, had a short tail and mixed dinosaur-like and bird-like traits....

Scientists Have Uncovered One of the Oldest Birds Ever – And It’s Unlike Anything We’ve Seen #Science #Biology #Paleontology #AncientBirds #Evolution

Ancient Antarctic Bird Had a Spear for a Beak, Revealing Lost World of Avian Diversity All the science news you can handle in a single feed

Ancient Antarctic Bird Had a Spear for a Beak, Revealing Lost World of Avian Diversity #Science #Biology #Zoology #AncientBirds #AvianDiversity #Paleontology

Bird photography of a sandhill Crane in the spring grasses of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Southwest Washington state

A wintering #SandhillCrane This species has been around for at least 2.5 million years and similiar fossils as old as 10 million years have been found. (Modern humans are only 315,000 years old).

#ancientbirds #Cranes
#birding #birds #nature #photography #wildlife

Earth’s first waterfowl may have lived in Antarctica 69 million years ago A few fossilized body parts hinted at an enigmatic bird's close ties to waterfowl like ducks and geese. A newfound skull may bolster that idea.

Earth’s first waterfowl may have lived in Antarctica 69 million years ago #Science #EarthSciences #Paleontology #AncientBirds #AntarcticResearch