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Competition May Not Be the Driving Force of Species Diversity After All
In Darwinian evolution, organisms compete for resources, and the winners get to pass their genome to future generations. According to these rules, two similar species using the same resources in the same environment will be forced to compete with each other. If both are to survive, they will need to become more distinct from each other over time.
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Scientists Discover the Key to Making Paint That Never Fades
It seems like scientists are all about immortality these days. It's not just plants and people that are getting the treatment, though. A team of Harvard engineers are developing a way of producing color that could produce paint that never fades, and displays that never go dark. Believe it or not, the method is based on bird feathers, which last centuries without losing their bright hues.
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Warmer Springs Boost Long-Tailed Tit survival
The UK's population of these little birds has more than doubled in the last forty years.
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Galveston Oil Spill Threatening Crucial Bird Refuge
Nearly 200,000 gallons of oil that spilled into Galveston Bay could harm birds in a globally important refuge, experts say.
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Winged wonders: the rare and exotic birds of Africa
Bird lovers from all corners of the globe flock to Africa for the vast numbers of unique and remarkable species found throughout the continent.
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Crows are as clever as a seven-year-old kid
Crows are as intelligent as a seven-year-old kid, say scientists. Their abilities to make tools, such as prodding sticks and hooks which they use to pick up out grubs from logs and branches, have been counted for their smartness. Scientists experimented with six wild New Caledonian crows to challenge their understanding of cause and effect. The tasks were all variations of the fable in which a thirsty crow drops stones to raise the level of water in a pitcher.
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Birds of a Feather, Hummingbird Family Tree Unveiled
For such small creatures, hummingbirds certainly have racked up an outsized list of unique claims to fame. They are the smallest birds and the smallest warm-blooded animals on Earth.
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Tweeting In The Rain
Friday March 28, 2014 — Ponchatoula, LA
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Hummingbird family tree unveiled
For such small creatures, hummingbirds certainly have racked up an outsized list of unique claims to fame.
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Very rare Chinese robin sighted
Crucial new discoveries about one of the world's least-known and rarest birds have been made by scientists.
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A modern day wonder in the Sea of Galilee, Israel's hotspot for migratory birds
The Sea of Gallilee, where Christ reputedly walked on water, is today home to another miracle of sorts.
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Bird attacks mirror
Probably not recognized reflected
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Superb Fruit Dove
The Superb Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus superbus), also known as the Purple-crowned Fruit Dove is a medium-sized (22–24 cm long), colourful fruit-dove in the family Columbidae.
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The 100 most distinct and rare birds
Scientists in the UK and US chose the birds based on their rarity, but also how distinctive their appearance, behaviour and evolutionary history .
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Kakapo, a flightless bird.
The Kakapo is critically endangered; as of March 2014, with an additional six from the first hatchings since 2011, the total known population is only 130 living individuals, as reported by the Kakapo Recovery program, most of which have been given names.
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The Great War's unsung four-legged heroes
The Great War has always been traced from the point of view of humans.
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Saudi prince accused of slaying 2,000 near-extinct birds on safari
A Saudi prince has been accused of killing 2,000 birds that are on the verge of extinction while on a safari holiday in Pakistan earlier this year. Prince Fahd bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud - who is commonly known as Fahd bin Sultan - is said to have killed 1,977 near-extinct houbara bustards while on a 21-day trip to Chagai in Pakistan's Balochistan province in January.
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Yorok Tribe To Release California Condors into the Wild
Yorok Tribe officials have been working to release California condors on the Redwood Coast.
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Chicken nuggets, with a side of respiratory distress
At one poultry slaugterhouse, more than 40 perccent of workers have carpal tunnel. Then there's those noxious chemical odors.
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Liar! Liar! African bird uses elaborate ruse to steal food
If you believe honesty is the best policy, you would have a hard time convincing the forked-tailed drongo. This tricky African bird is the pathological liar of the animal kingdom.
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