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Adorable extinct penguin was one of the smallest of its kind to ever walk Earth, tiny skull fossils revealThe newfound extinct species is remarkably similar to the living "little penguin," which only weighs around 2 pounds.
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Adult albatrosses found gnawed to death by mice on 3rd remote islandMice had previously been seen attacking seabird chicks — but in April researchers found eight dead adults. And this new development is concerning conservationists.
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Scientists changed scales on chicken feet to feathers by tweaking a single geneBy targeting a single gene, scientists successfully turned chickens’ feet from scaly to feathery.
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Taxidermy birds are being turned into dronesScientists are turning dead birds into drones to study aerodynamics.
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6 incredible egg facts, just in time for EasterBird eggs are so diverse, so which are the largest and smallest, and how do they get their colors?
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Do birds pee?Birds do produce urine, but it doesn't come out the same way it does in humans. How birds pee may be an evolutionary adaptation that benefits flight.
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Largest penguin ever discovered weighed a whopping 340 pounds, fossils revealResearchers in New Zealand have unearthed fossils from two previously unknown ancient penguin species. One of the new species is the largest penguin ever discovered.
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Hidden, never-before-seen penguin colony spotted from spaceSatellite photos showing poop stains in the West Antarctic snow and ice have revealed a previously unknown breeding colony of emperor penguins.
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Domesticated chickens could wipe out their wild ancestors — by having sex with themA new study has revealed that red junglefowl, the wild ancestors of chickens, are losing their genetic diversity as they mate with their domesticated counterparts.
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