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The photo of a fry-snatching gull, captured in 2011 by photographer Hannah Huxford, quickly went viral and is now featured in a Google billboard campaign.

This french-fry-stealing seagull is the star of a new Google ad

By Mindy Weisberger published

When a photographer snapped the moment a herring gull caught a french fry midair, the image quickly went viral. Now, the photo is appearing on Google billboards in Ireland and the U.K.

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Tasmanian devils are the largest carnivorous marsupials in the world.

Tasmanian devils wipe out colony of little penguins in major conservation backfire

By Harry Baker published

Tasmanian devils introduced to Maria Island for their own conservation have created an ecological disaster in their new home by wiping out an entire population of little penguins.

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After the prosthetic surgery was complete, the vulture was able to stand and distribute weight on both extremities, preventing pressure-induced issues on the healthy limb, the researchers said.

World's first bionic vulture created

By Cameron Duke published

Lifesaving surgery gives a rare bird a leg up.

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Image of black crow with beak pointed toward computer monitor; monitor displays a grey circle with four dots on it

Crows understand the 'concept of zero' (despite their bird brains)

By Nicoletta Lanese published

Researchers determined this with behavioral tests and recordings of the birds' brain activity.

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The California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) is North America's largest land bird.

Condors won't stop visiting (and trashing) this California woman's house. Here's why.

By Mindy Weisberger published

More than a dozen condors have been paying daily visits to a home in Tehachapi, California (and destroying nearly everything in sight).

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A tawny frogmouth bats its enormous eyes at the camera.

This Muppet-faced frogmouth is the 'most Instagrammable bird' on Earth

By Brandon Specktor published

Researchers scoured more than 27,000 bird photos on Instagram to see which ones consistently got more likes than expected. The big winner was the owl-like frogmouth.

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A common cuckoo bird flying over a grassy field

Cuckoo bird has crossed the Sahara 10 times in 5 years

By Nicoletta Lanese published

Scientists began tracking the bird in 2016.

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The brown pelican was photographed on Queen Bess Island in March 2021.

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.

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Hummingbirds' wingbeats are the fastest among all birds, flapping 70 times per second.

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.

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Bald eagles have been victims of a mysterious neurodegenerative disease at lakes across America over the last 25 years.

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.

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