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A Biologist Spotlights The Biggest Bird The World Has Ever Known. Hint: It Went Extinct During The Dark Ages
Madagascar is home to some of the world’s most unique flora and fauna. And, up until about a thousand years ago, it was home ...
Catch this ‘charismatic’ rare bird in Alabama before it’s gone for the summer
They’re blue, round, and small. And birdwatchers throughout Alabama are hoping to catch sight of one before they head north for the summer. The cerulean warbler is one of many bird species that ...
A Biologist Reveals The Tallest Bird Species Ever Known. Hint: It Was The Only True ‘Wingless’ Bird And Roamed The Earth Until 1400 A.D.
The ostrich is the tallest bird that inhabits the planet today, but fossil evidence suggests that birds used to be much ...
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Hoatzin: The strange 'stinkbird' born with clawed wings that appears to be an evolutionary 'orphan'
Why it's awesome: The hoatzin is often regarded as one of the world's strangest birds. Hatchlings are born with clawed wings ...
What we lose when we let AI automate our connection to the non-human world
A male red-winged blackbird perches on a cat tail stalk on April 3 in the constructed wetland in Hinge Park, which collects ...
How Grand Teton National Park Is Using Papier-Mâché Birds to Protect the Greater Sage-Grouse
Greater sage-grouse are at risk near Jackson Hole Airport—but handmade decoys are guiding them to safer ground.
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Jackson Hole teens build robotic sage-grouse to lure threatened birds from airport
JACKSON — Jordan Meagher-Ramsey tranquilly molded a bird head out of clay as Carson Huhn used deafening power tools to cut ...
A rare treat awaits bird-watchers at this Richmond refuge. Why Grass Pond Preserve is special
The purchase protected forested wetlands that absorb stormwater and protect groundwater. The property east of Wilbur Hill drains to the Beaver River. The land also preserves wildlife habitat and links ...
These birds carry a toxin deadlier than cyanide
New Guinea is home to some of the world’s most toxic birds. Why they contain poison, and how they withstand it is still a ...