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Why Are There So Many Pigeons?

October 27, 2018 | Article

How history, architecture and, weirdly enough, bird milk have enabled pigeons to thrive in cities.
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'Phantom' Archaeopteryx, One of the World's 1st Birds, Could Probably Fly

October 25, 2018 | Article

After years spent sitting in private collections, a "phantom" fossil of one of the world's first known birds has finally seen the light of day. Now, scientists have determined that it's a previously unknown species within the famous genus of Archaeopteryx
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Exquisitely Preserved Lungs from 120 Million Years Ago Stun Scientists Studying Early Bird

October 19, 2018 | Article

Ancient organs rarely fossilize, so paleontologists were stunned to find the incredibly well-preserved remains of a lung that belonged to bird from the dinosaur age, a new study finds.
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Watch a Moth Suck the Tears Out of a Bird's Eye, Because Nature Is Metal

September 28, 2018 | Article

Anything for salt.
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Canada Geese Have a Bizarre, Death-Defying Strategy For Surviving Hailstorms (Video)

August 02, 2018 | Article

A video surfaced recently of a group of Canada geese staring into the sky during a hailstorm. An expert told Live Science why they (and other birds) do this.
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Geese Fly to Exhaustion in Race Against Climate Change

July 24, 2018 | Article

These exhausted flyers are running out of time.
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Why Do Crows Copulate with Corpses?

July 18, 2018 | Article

Get a room, you guys.
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Flamingo Spotted in Texas, 13 Years After Escaping Kansas Zoo

June 28, 2018 | Article

It's incredibly rare to catch a glimpse of an African flamingo on the Texas coast, but if you do, it's Flamingo No. 492.
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Here's What Killed 13 Bald Eagles ... and Their Raccoon Dinner

June 22, 2018 | Article

Wildlife experts have partially solved a murder mystery regarding the deaths of 13 bald eagles, but they still don't know who did it.
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What's Behind the Myth That Storks Deliver Babies?

June 13, 2018 | Article

Here’s the real story behind the ubiquitous myth that storks deliver babies.
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