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1st-known 'highly pathogenic' bird flu cases in Antarctic could threaten penguins
The British Antarctic Survey detected cases of highly pathogenic bird flu in seabirds on Bird Island, located in the Antarctic region in the South Atlantic.
Upcoming solar maximum could scramble migrating birds' internal compass, new study shows
By analyzing how birds migrated across the U.S. over a 23-year period, researchers have shown that solar weather events can seriously disrupt the navigation of the wandering avians.
Moment falcon digs its talons into pelican's head to protect its nest captured in incredible photo
The winner of the Bird Photographer of the Year was Jack Zhi, who caught the moment a peregrine falcon took on a large brown pelican.
Animal sex: How birds do it
Animals have sex in all sorts of weird and wonderful ways. Birds have sex via an internal chamber called a cloaca that is present on both male and female animals.
Mass die-off strikes endangered emperor penguin chicks across 4 of 5 West Antarctica colonies
Out of five known emperor penguin colonies in the Bellingshausen Sea region of western Antarctica, four have failed to breed this year as chicks likely drowned in the melting sea ice.
Adorable extinct penguin was one of the smallest of its kind to ever walk Earth, tiny skull fossils reveal
The newfound extinct species is remarkably similar to the living "little penguin," which only weighs around 2 pounds.
Adult albatrosses found gnawed to death by mice on 3rd remote island
Mice had previously been seen attacking seabird chicks — but in April researchers found eight dead adults. And this new development is concerning conservationists.
Scientists changed scales on chicken feet to feathers by tweaking a single gene
By targeting a single gene, scientists successfully turned chickens’ feet from scaly to feathery.
