It’s generally atypical for birds of flight to lose their ability to soar through the air, so we have very little evidence of this phenomenon actually occurring. With that in mind, even some of the ...

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Changes to the genes that shortened the Galapagos cormorant's wings are the same genes that go awry in a group of human bone disorders characterized by stunted arms and legs, suggests new research.

The flightless cormorant is one of a diverse array of animals that live on the Galapagos Islands, which piqued Charles Darwin's scientific curiosity in the 1830s. He hypothesized that altered ...

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