Hooded pitohui, markaharper1 CC BY-SA 2.0

Bar-headed goose chick, (c)Julia York

Great tailed Grackle, (c)Becky Matsubara

Archaeopteryx by James Reece, (c)Australian Museum

“Why birds are (figuratively) cooler than you”

Julia York (Ecology, Evolution and Behavior Graduate Program)

Birds are dinosaurs and everyone should be talking about it. If you think about it, dinosaurs are around us all the time yet we don’t often take time to appreciate that fact. Birds are found on every continent, every ocean, every city; they can fly very high, very far, and for long periods of time. Join us at the final Science Under the Stars of 2021 to talk about the evolutionary history of birds, how they breathe and why that matters, fun and interesting bird species, and perhaps even a few new facts about the disdained grackles.

Science Under the Stars has gone virtual! This semester all SUTS activities will be online, but they encourage you to participate outdoors under the stars in your backyard! (If wifi allows for it, of course.)

Please note that for this event, both the lecture and Q&A will be live and recorded. Here’s the schedule for this month’s event:

• December 8th: Links to the kids activities will be posted here and as an event on the Science Under the Stars Facebook page.
• December 9th, 7:00pm CST: Live online lecture and Q&A with the speaker! Please note, you must have a Zoom account to access the talk. You can get a free account on Zoom’s website.