Finding the genes that help kingfishers dive without hurting their brains

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Oct 24, 2023, 5:00 am141 pts
If you've ever belly-flopped into a pool, then you know: water can be surprisingly hard if you hit it at the wrong angle. But many species of kingfishers dive headfirst into water to catch their fishy prey. In a new study in the journal Communications Biology, researchers compared the DNA of 30 different…

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