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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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More than One Million Birds Died During Deepwater Horizon Disaster
The 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon well blowout vomited more than 210 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico and onto its shores--the largest accidental, offshore oil spill in history. It killed wildlife, tainted fisheries, and damaged coastal ecosystems from marshes in Louisiana to beaches in Florida. But due to a paucity of data, the true extent of the damage is still not yet known, especially where bird mortality is concerned.
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How Birds Survived the Dinosaur Apocalypse
When nearly every dinosaur went extinct 66 million years ago, the only ones that survived were those that had shrunk—that is, the birds. Today, there are 10,000 species of these feathered fliers, making them the most diverse of all the four-limbed animals. A new study reveals why this lineage has been so successful: Birds started downsizing well before the rest of the dinosaurs disappeared.
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Electronics' noise disorients migratory birds
Man-made electromagnetic radiation disrupts robins' internal magnetic compasses.
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Why Don't We Eat Swans Anymore?
Swans have been a taboo food for hundreds of years, but they've recently become an invasive species. So why not start eating them again?
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Trolling captain
Birds vs ship
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Post-Fledging Dispersal of King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) from Two Breeding Sites in the South Atlantic
Most studies concerning the foraging ecology of marine vertebrates are limited to breeding adults, although other life history stages might comprise half the total population. For penguins, little is known about juvenile dispersal, a period when individuals may be susceptible to increased mortality given their naïve foraging behaviour. Therefore, we used satellite telemetry to study king penguin fledglings (n = 18) from two sites in the Southwest Atlantic in December 2007.
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Study offers snapshot of rare parrot
UK researchers that headed to South America to learn more about one of the world's rarest parrots have returned with "more questions than answers".
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This bird must be flying late
Speed: 90km per hour
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Russian bird atlas finally takes flight
When it comes to knowledge of bird populations, a large part of continental Europe is off the map. Now, ornithologists and enthusiasts in Russia are working to fill the information gap by creating a bird atlas.
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Eagle flies into Dorset woman's living room
A woman received a unique surprise when a bird of prey flew into her living room. Wendy Morrell, from Dorset, had just sat down to watch the French Open tennis final when Storm the Russian Steppe eagle entered through an open window.
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Mudslide kills 'parrot of the night'
A landslide on a remote island nature reserve has killed Maggie the Kakapo, a critically endangered bird, reducing the size of the population to just 127.
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This wildly popular Japanese pigeon dating sim is coming to America
Hey, baby. Let's go back to my house and rub cloacas.
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Plants hitchhike on the wings of birds
Finding explains wide dispersal of mosses
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Clever crows beaten by babies in causality test
Caledonian crows are famed for their smarts. They have been known to properly interpret reflections to find food and their ability to make and use tools rivals chimpanzees for sophistication. But these brainy birds have been beaten in a recent intelligence test by a bunch of babies. It's a rare failure, but it appears they are unable to interpret cause and effect to create new solutions without direct experience of the events.
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Doves released in World Cup opener die shortly after
In a case of “it seemed like a good idea at the time,” three doves were released just before the start of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Two died shortly afterwards. A reporter from The Guardian at the game noticed the doves crash land into the stands.
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Bird wants to steal fish
Fisherman dumbfounded
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The "Gypsy Chickens" Of Key West
As you begin to wander around Key West, you will continuously see roosters and chickens walking around freely. On my first trip, this struck me as odd but with KW having a Caribbean feel, not necessarily out of the ordinary.
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Is Collecting Animals For Science A Noble Mission Or A Threat?
Behind the scenes at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, there's a vast, warehouse-like room that's filled with metal cabinets painted a drab institutional green. Inside the cabinets are more than a half-million birds — and these birds are not drab. Their colorful feathers make them seem to almost glow.
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"Follow Your Nose" Toucans
“Follow Your Nose!” is the familiar catch phrase of Toucan Sam, the friendly and colorful spokes-bird for Kellogg’s Fruit Loops cereal. And what a “nose” toucans have!
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