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birds

hummingbird

Life

Hummingbirds’ unique way of seeing prevents them from crashing

Dare-devil fliers that can hover, fly backwards and go at more than 50 kilometres per hour rarely crash – here’s why  

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Starving bald eagle chicks hint at ecosystem collapse in Florida

Life

Starving bald eagle chicks hint at ecosystem collapse in Florida

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giant frigatebird on the wing

Life

Roller-coasting birds soar for months and may snooze while aloft

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A round, smooth lump of amber in which a fossilised wing can be seen

Life

Beautifully preserved feathers belonged to tiny flying dinosaurs

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Two budgies sit on a branch facing one another

Life

Budgies use grammar to find meaning in unfamiliar phrases

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diving duck

Life

Eider duck caught diving beneath the Norwegian waves

Regulars

spring books

Life

Culture picks: Time to spring-clean your mind

Culture

A red knot, which is brown, on the shoreline, with a white clam in its bill

Earth

Earlier ice melt in the Arctic cuts survival of birds in Africa

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A pygmy bushtit

Environment

Smallest perching bird’s long-lost family revealed by genetics

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migrating bird

Life

Common UK migrating birds are arriving earlier or leaving later

The new habits may be driven by climate change and seem to benefit the birds, some of which are increasing in numbers

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Earth

Woodpeckers carry wood-eating fungi that may help them dig holes

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Life

Rare Australian bird farms nourishing manna from trees

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Life

Bald ibis among wildlife driven to extinction in Syria and Libya

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Life

Ravens' fear of unseen snoopers hints they have theory of mind

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