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How do cuckoos trick other birds?

By Ailsa Harvey published

Reference Rather than raising their own offspring, cuckoos have perfected the art of deception.

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two bald eagles lying on the ground, their wings and bodies overlapping

Tangled bald eagles crash land on Minnesota street

By Nicoletta Lanese published

The bald eagles may have tangled while fighting over territory or executing a courtship ritual.

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A photo (top) and digital brain reconstruction (bottom) of the Cretaceous bird Ichthyornis.

How did birds survive the dinosaur-killing asteroid?

By Laura Geggel published

A new analysis of a well-preserved ancient bird skull reveals secrets about its brain.

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The choice of the long-tailed bat as Bird of the Year ruffled feathers among New Zealand bird aficionados.

Fowl play? 'Bird of the Year' winner in New Zealand contest is a bat

By Mindy Weisberger published

New Zealand's long-tailed bat recently earned a very unlikely accolade.

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Critically endangered California condors (Gymnogyps californianus) can reproduce asexually, scientists recently discovered.

Critically endangered condor chicks are species' 1st known 'virgin births'

By Mindy Weisberger published

Genetic analysis recently showed that California condors can reproduce asexually.

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Scientist's hand holding a three-day-old greater honeyguide chick

Parasitic birds 'exercise' in their eggs, hatch … and then pulverize their nestmates

By Nicoletta Lanese published

Brood parasite babies wriggle in their eggs to build muscle, a study suggests.

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African penguins from the affected colony near Cape Town in South Africa.

Dozens of endangered penguins killed after being stung in the eyes by swarming honeybees

By Harry Baker published

Conservationists have confirmed that 64 African penguins were killed in South Africa after being stung in and around the eyes by honeybees.

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The original fossil of Yuanchuavis, which was found in the Jehol Biota in northeastern China.

Bizarre tail on little dinosaur-age bird was literally a drag

By Laura Geggel published

An extraordinary 120-million-year-old fossil bird from China reveals that the animal had a sexy but vaguely impractical tail.

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A lyrebird at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney has perfected the shrieks of a crying human baby.

This Australian bird's cry sounds just like a human baby

By Yasemin Saplakoglu published

A brown, long-tailed bird at the Taronga Zoo Sydney in Australia has learned how to mimic the shrieks and shrills of human babies.

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a tortoise sits behind a baby bird on a log

Tortoise hunts baby bird in slow-motion, crushes its skull in shocking video

By Nicoletta Lanese published

This is the first video evidence of a tortoise hunting anything.

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