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Penguin

Life

Hundreds of ancient mummified penguins found in Antarctic graveyard

On a peninsula in east Antarctica there are hundreds of mummified Adélie penguins that died centuries ago, and it seems extreme weather was to blame

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loggerhead shrike

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Butcherbird uses vicious whiplash technique to kill its prey

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The New York bird with a song that may be a thousand years old

Life

The New York bird with a song that may be a thousand years old

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Male peacocks can make females' heads vibrate at a distance

Life

Male peacocks can make females' heads vibrate at a distance

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Bent bird feathers repair themselves when soaked in water

Physics

Bent bird feathers repair themselves when soaked in water

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The birds of South Georgia are finally safe from marauding rats

Earth

The birds of South Georgia are finally safe from marauding rats

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Almost 1500 bird species face extinction and we're to blame

Earth

Almost 1500 bird species face extinction and we're to blame

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World's biggest bird feeder will use 500 tonnes of shellfish

Earth

World's biggest bird feeder will use 500 tonnes of shellfish

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How birds focus even with eyes on opposite sides of their heads

Life

How birds focus even with eyes on opposite sides of their heads

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puffin

Life

Far from land: The emerging story of seabirds on the ocean

From puffins and gulls to auks and albatrosses, satellite tracking is filling in crucial gaps about seabirds – and could save them, shows a masterly book

Culture

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These searing hot chilli peppers are in danger thanks to snakes

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Life

Dinobird Archaeopteryx only flew in short bursts like a pheasant

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Drones reveal huge colonies of 1.5 million penguins on islands

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Life

Where eagles dare to dumpster dive

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