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Birds 'dream sing' by moving their vocal muscles in their sleep

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Birds 'dream sing' by moving their vocal muscles in their sleep

Zebra finches sing during the day, and at night while they sleep their vocal organs act out the motions of singing, a bit like a sleepwalking person

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We shouldn't hide the gory details of how meat reaches our plate

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We shouldn't hide the gory details of how meat reaches our plate

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Young 'dinosauromorphs' may have begged for food like baby birds

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Young 'dinosauromorphs' may have begged for food like baby birds

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Arsonist falcons suggest birds discovered fire before humans did

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Arsonist falcons suggest birds discovered fire before humans did

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After crows fight they touch and preen each other to make up

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After crows fight they touch and preen each other to make up

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Cheep taste: The birds that adorn their nests with tat

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Great tits avoid bad food after seeing grossed-out friends

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Great tits avoid bad food after seeing grossed-out friends

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Bustard or bust: The fractious battle to bring back a lost giant

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Adelie penguins

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Let's hope chickless penguin colony can come back from the brink

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Blue tits divorce their partners if they turn up late to mate

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Blue tits divorce their partners if they turn up late to mate

Blue tits were 5 times less likely to stay faithful if one partner had to wait more than 3 days for the other to arrive

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Giant coconut crab sneaks up on a sleeping bird and kills it

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People who illegally kill birds of prey are getting away with it

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Female birds that used to be silent are now singing like males

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Geese-like birds seem to have survived the dinosaur extinction

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