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Some dinosaurs might have had fluorescent horns or feathers

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Some dinosaurs might have had fluorescent horns or feathers

We know some birds use fluorescent pigments to enhance the brightness of their feathers or beaks – and now it seems some dinosaurs might have done this too

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Seagull asking for food

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Seagulls are more likely to pick up food that humans have handled

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Blue tits learn to avoid gross food by watching videos of other birds

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Blue tits learn to avoid gross food by watching videos of other birds

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Dead common murres

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Marine heatwave known as 'the blob' killed a million US seabirds

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Taliabu Grasshopper-Warbler

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51¶¯Âþs have discovered five new species of songbird in Indonesia

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Nutcracker birds square off in the snowy mountains of Bulgaria

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Nutcracker birds square off in the snowy mountains of Bulgaria

Regulars

Liz Bonnin at 51¶¯Âþ Live

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The problem with plastic - and how science can solve it

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Fighting plastic pollution in British waters: How to make a difference

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Fighting plastic pollution in British waters: How to make a difference

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nightingale

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Nightingales practise new songs in winter to impress mates in spring

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dissected pigeon

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Pigeons with broken wings get patched up with dog and sheep bones

Pigeons with broken wing bones could take to the skies again once their fracture was set using lightweight splints made from dog or sheep bones

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Pigeons are having their toes amputated by waste human hair in Paris

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Lost US parrot species went extinct not once but twice

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Tactical voting helps yellow-eyed penguin seize bird of the year crown

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Birds are stealing boozy palm wine when people aren't looking

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