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Video captures unusual death of baby bird drowned by a fish
Scientists recently captured video documenting the first reported instance of a fish preying on a newly-hatched baby bird, in a flooded nest in coastal Georgia.
There's a rare yellow penguin on South Georgia island, and biologists can't quite explain it
Black-and-white tuxedos may be the conventional dress code in the penguin world, but one dashing individual is breaking the status quo with an à la mode yellow coat.
Adorable 'confused penguin' charms the internet: What really happened?
A rockhopper penguin in the Falkland Islands needed a little guidance after getting separated from his penguin group.
'Joe the Pigeon' gets reprieve from death, after leg band found to be fake
Australia's avian celebrity Joe the Pigeon is getting a new lease on life after authorities determined he is not a biosecurity threat.
Raven 'queen' missing from Tower of London, feared dead
According to legend, six ravens must inhabit the Tower of London or the kingdom will fall. Now, one of the ravens, a matriarch named Merlina, is missing.
Dino-era bird had the head of a Velociraptor and beak of a toucan
A fearsome bird from ancient Madagascar had the face of a Velociraptor and the beak of a toucan.
The world's largest iceberg is on a collision course with an Antarctic penguin refuge
Iceberg A68a, the world's largest iceberg, is floating directly toward a wildlife hotspot in the South Atlantic ocean.
Half-male, half-female songbird discovered in Pennsylvania
A rose-breasted grosbeak that was captured in a Pennsylvania nature reserve is a bilateral gynandromorph — male on the right side and female on the left side.
