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Noise pollution can harm birds even before they hatch

The raucous din of modern life can seriously mess with animals (SN: 2/9/15). Traffic noise can drown out mating calls,…

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These birds help humans hunt for honey—but it’s not as sweet as you might think

What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is, we promise you’ll have an even weirder answer…

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How fruit-eating birds could help regrow tropical forests

Tropical fruit-eating birds are so much more than just eye candy. These wildly colored avians are also a vital part…

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50 years ago, scientists wondered how birds find their way home

A world concealed from man but known to birds — Science News, April 13, 1974 What subtle sensory cues enable…

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Conagra Brands to close Wisconsin Birds Eye plant and lay off 252 people

Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Conagra Brands…

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Cooks Venture tried to raise chickens better. Then 1M birds were killed.

Editor’s note: This is part one of a two-part series on what happened when Cooks Venture suddenly ceased operations in…

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We were very wrong about birds

An enormous asteroid crashed into the Earth about 65 million years ago. While terrestrial dinosaurs like the famed Tyrannosaurus rex…

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Small birds spice up the already diverse diet of spotted hyenas in Namibia

Hyenas are generalist predators (and scavengers) with a broad range of prey species. They are known for hunting (or scavenging)…

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Birds make an ‘after you’ gesture to prompt their mate to enter nest

A female Japanese tit fluttering its wings Toshitaka Suzuki Japanese tits appear to flutter their wings to tell mates to…

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These birds appear to be signaling ‘after you’

Non-verbal gestures are an integral part of how humans and some other organisms communicate, as with various sign languages  and…

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