#10: White-tailed Tropicbird This little seabird of the tropical oceans and the Caribbean not only sports a long tail but is one of the most beautiful of birds.

A bird fossil of similar age to Archaeopteryx shows flight-aiding innovations such as the loss of a long tail. Fossil find reveals the earliest known short-tailed bird.

Birds can be wonderful pets if raised and handled correctly. There are many types of house birds, but not every bird is appropriate for a pet. Some birds need to live in large flocks to be healthy and ...

The Piping Plover is a tiny shorebird that has found new nesting grounds on Long Tail Point in the waters of Green Bay, just north of the city.

A day's drive north to Toronto took Jim to Lake Ontario, where he was able to capture sights of the interesting long-tailed duck.

Scientists caught soft brown bat with strong claws in net trap in forests and discovered an elusive new species: Himalayan long-tailed Myotis, study said.

One notable exception came in 2000, however, when the society renamed a bird that's now called the Long-tailed Duck because of concerns that its previous name was derogatory to Native Americans.

It also had a long bony tail. "The forelimb is generally built like a bird's wing, but with three claws on the fingers, which are absent from modern birds. So you can call it wing.

Scientists studying forgotten specimens in a museum uncovered a new species of long-tailed sea creatures related to chimeras.

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Scientists caught soft brown bat with strong claws in net trap in forests and discovered an elusive new species: Himalayan long-tailed Myotis, study said.

Scientists caught soft brown bat with strong claws in net trap in forests and discovered an elusive new species: Himalayan long-tailed Myotis, study said.