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Male birds can be good singers or good looking, but not both
The prettier the bird, the worse it sings. A study of over 500 species has revealed that birds evolve to attract mates in one of two ways, and don鈥檛 combine them
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Birds can learn to understand the meanings of other species’ calls
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Hundreds of ancient mummified penguins found in Antarctic graveyard
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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
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Male peacocks can make females’ heads vibrate at a distance
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Bent bird feathers repair themselves when soaked in water
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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
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World’s biggest bird feeder will use 500 tonnes of shellfish
A crucial feeding ground for migrating birds has been almost destroyed by pollution and a bad winter, but help is at hand in the form of an all-you-can-eat buffet
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How birds focus even with eyes on opposite sides of their heads
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Far from land: The emerging story of seabirds on the ocean
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These searing hot chilli peppers are in danger thanks to snakes
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Dinobird Archaeopteryx only flew in short bursts like a pheasant
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