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birds
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Pigeons are misunderstood: These little-known facts will prove why
Pigeons have a lot more going on that you might assume I had always felt ambivalent towards pigeons.…
The amazing talents of pigeons – and why we should learn to love them
“Hello again!” Pigeons can remember individual human faces Martin Parr/Magnum Photos I was walking in the park with…
Robotic pigeon reveals how birds fly without a vertical tail fin
A pigeon-inspired robot has solved the mystery of how birds fly without the vertical tail fins that human-designed…
Exquisite bird fossil provides clues to the evolution of avian brains
The skeleton of Navaornis hestiae, an 80-million-year-old bird fossil S. Abramowicz/Dinosaur Institute/Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County…
Migratory birds can use Earth’s magnetic field like a GPS
Eurasian reed warblers migrate between Europe and Africa AGAMI Photo Agency / Alamy Stock Many migratory birds use…
Red kites and buzzards are being killed by misuse of rat poisons
Red kites have been found with high levels of rodenticides in their livers TheOtherKev/Pixabay Raptors across England are…
I Went Birding With the World’s First AI-Powered Binoculars
For bird identification when the Bird ID setting is active, the AX Visio uses a modified version of…
Dinosaurs may have run like emus by keeping one foot on the ground
Emus always have one foot on the ground when running at an intermediate pace Imagebroker / Alamy Stock…
A selection of elaborate birds’ nests from around the world
Spectacled longbill nest The Trustees of the Natural History Museum/Jonathan Jackson These elaborate constructions are just some of…
We now know how kestrels stay perfectly still while hovering
Kestrels have been trained to fly inside a wind tunnel to reveal how they can hover in turbulent…