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birds

Technology

Animal motion-capture studio tracks bird flocks and insect swarms

A barn rigged with dozens of cameras and sensors could help scientists better understand the group dynamics and flight patterns of flocks of birds and swarms of insects

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Life

Nearly every kakapo's genome has been sequenced to help save them

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Life

Emperor penguin colonies lost all their chicks due to ice breakup

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An unusual gentoo penguin with dark pigmentation

Life

Extremely rare black penguin spotted in Antarctica

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Life

Do honeyguides really help honey badgers find bees’ nests?

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Life

Sick blackbirds go to bed earlier just like us

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Nightingales match the pitch of their rivals in singing duels

Life

Nightingales match the pitch of their rivals in singing duels

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Red-billed chough

Video

Red-billed choughs return to south-east England after 200 years

Video

2E8T2P2 Portrait of Northern Saw-whet Owl, Quebec, Canada

Comment

What an Owl Knows review: Inside the world of this mysterious bird

Culture

Life

Unique egg patterns help drongos avoid getting duped by cuckoos

Fork-tailed drongos produce individualised patterns on their eggs, which may help them recognise their own and reject 94 per cent of cuckoo eggs

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Life

Birds from two different species raise chicks together in one nest

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Life

Birds are using anti-bird spikes to make their nests

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Life

Threatened seabirds are foraging at plastic pollution hotspots

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Mind

Brain activity 'barcodes' may be linked to specific memories in birds

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