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Pelican rescued from Deepwater Horizon disaster flies hundreds of miles home
By Ben Turner published
Even today, the Gulf Coast still suffers from the effects of the oil spill. But a remarkable cleanup effort has helped the pelican return home.
Why do hummingbirds 'hum'?
By Mindy Weisberger published
High-speed cameras and arrays of microphones helped researchers draw an acoustic map of hummingbirds' distinctive hum.
Cause of mysterious bald eagle deaths found after 25 years
By Harry Baker published
Scientists have finally solved a 25-year-old mystery surrounding a neurodegenerative disease killing bald eagles and other lake animals in the U.S.
Something is killing California's songbirds
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
Officials are urging people to take down their feeders, where birds are congregating and spreading a bacterial infection.
Video captures unusual death of baby bird drowned by a fish
By Mindy Weisberger published
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
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
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?
By Mindy Weisberger published
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
By Stephanie Pappas published
Australia's avian celebrity Joe the Pigeon is getting a new lease on life after authorities determined he is not a biosecurity threat.
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