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Dead pink footed goose

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Conservationists warn spread of bird flu is wiping out UK seabirds

A strain of H5N1 avian influenza has now found its way into UK seabird populations, which are of global importance and at particular risk because of their low reproductive rates

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Ishikari Plain

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Ecological toll of Japan’s switch to farming revealed by 1850s maps

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HAJEXW Jackdaws Corvus monedula going to roost and gathering before dark in beech trees

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Flocks of jackdaws ‘democratically’ decide when to take flight at once

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Clever birds forced to find new homes as Cambridge lab faces closure

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Blue-crowned manakin - Lepidothrix coronata bird in the Pipridae family. The males have a brilliant blue cap, found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela.; Shutterstock ID 1844902525; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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Male manakin birds with acrobatic mating dances evolved smaller bodies

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common swift (Apus apus) in flight; Shutterstock ID 1463746268; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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Common swifts enter hibernation-like torpor on cold nights

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Common Crossbill

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Male crossbills grow redder feathers when they exercise harder

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plumage of Purple Starling (Lamprotornis purpureus)

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Songbirds are more colourful the closer they live to the equator

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Carrion crow (Corvus corone) black bird portrait of head and looking at camera. Wildlife in nature. Netherlands; Shutterstock ID 1928268914; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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Crows may owe their intelligence to an abundance of certain neurons

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An ostrich (Struthio camelus) on a dune against a blue sky, Kalahari desert, South Africa ; Shutterstock ID 2129799884; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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Ostrich necks act as a radiator to control their head temperature

Infrared images of ostrich necks show that they help the birds keep their heads cool in warm temperatures, lowering their heat stress and helping them reproduce more successfully

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Life

Seabird discovered by science this year may be critically endangered

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Why are flamingos pink?

Humans

The Parrot in the Mirror review: Why humans evolved to be like birds

Culture

Environment

Wild Wild Life newsletter: When species steal each other鈥檚 genes

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