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birds

reconstruction of ancient bird

Life

Flightless bird three times the size of an ostrich used to roam Europe

A huge flightless bird called Pachystruthio dmanisensis lived in eastern Europe 1.8 million years ago, just when hominins first entered the continent from Africa

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pot bird

Life

This South American potoo bird can camouflage itself as a branch

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34 hen harrier chicks fledged in England in 2018

Environment

Plan to remove hen harrier eggs and raise them in captivity criticised

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Archaeopteryx

Life

The evolution of Archaeopteryx is stranger than anyone imagined

Features

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Technology

Working hypothesis: from buzzwords to Amazon workers

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Bird feeder

Life

Putting a bird feeder in your garden really does help wildlife

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The red-billed leiothrix is a non-native species in Hawaii

Life

Birds introduced to Hawaii have evolved rapidly in just decades

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eagle

Life

Meet the white-tailed eagles making a comeback in the UK

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Zebra finches on a branch

Life

Weird chromosome may have spurred evolution of thousands of songbirds

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Sally Wasef (nearest) inspects mummified remains

Life

How did the ancient Egyptians catch and mummify millions of ibises?

Egyptians mummified millions of sacred ibises thousands of years ago. Analysing their DNA seems to show they were sourced from the wild rather than large farms

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Environment

Have people in the UK really been banned from shooting wood pigeons?

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Life

Baby boom for the kakapo, New Zealand’s critically endangered parrot

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Life

Eurasian hoopoes protect their eggs with a dark foul-smelling goo

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Protected hen harriers are vanishing under suspicious circumstances

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