{"id":226453,"date":"2024-05-31T09:37:51","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T09:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/31\/great-bustard-gets-spruced-up-for-a-show-at-londons-natural-history-museum\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:18:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:18:20","slug":"great-bustard-gets-spruced-up-for-a-show-at-londons-natural-history-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/31\/great-bustard-gets-spruced-up-for-a-show-at-londons-natural-history-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Great bustard gets spruced up for a show at London&#8217;s Natural History Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article-image-inline ArticleImage\" data-method=\"caption-shortcode\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImage__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/24105225\/sei205543229.jpg?width=1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/24105225\/sei205543229.jpg?width=100 100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/24105225\/sei205543229.jpg?width=200 200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/24105225\/sei205543229.jpg?width=249 249w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/24105225\/sei205543229.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/24105225\/sei205543229.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/24105225\/sei205543229.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/24105225\/sei205543229.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/24105225\/sei205543229.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/24105225\/sei205543229.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/24105225\/sei205543229.jpg?width=900 900w\" class=\"image size-full wp-image-2432978 ReplaceImageLazyload\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1130px) 900px, (min-width: 1025px) 900, (min-width: 768px) calc(100vw - 30px), calc(100vw - 30px)\" alt=\"New Scientist Default Image\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" data-credit=\"Lucie Goodayle \/ The Natural History Museum, London\" data-caption=\"Senior conservator Nikki Harrison and Emanuele Casafredda work on a great bustard specimen\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Title\">Senior conservator Nikki Harrison and Emanuele Casafredda work on a great bustard specimen<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit\">Lucie Goodayle \/ The Natural History Museum, London<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Why were birds the only dinosaurs to survive the fateful asteroid that hit Earth 65 million years ago? A new exhibition sheds light on the extent of birds\u2019 adaptability and the behaviours that allowed them to thrive in all niches.<\/p>\n<p>\n    <iframe title=\"Auk eggs, Darwin&#039;s finches and a mummified falcon: Inside NHM&#039;s rare bird archive\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oNESQvUbi4o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n    <\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhm.ac.uk\/visit\/exhibitions\/birds-brilliant-bizarre.html\"><em>Birds: Brilliant and Bizarre<\/em><\/a>, created by the UK\u2019s Natural History Museum with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, pays tribute to the qualities of what it calls \u201cultimate survivors\u201d. 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