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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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Birds, rodents, worms and cockroaches in food facility lead to FDA warning

As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some…

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Researchers map genome for cats, dolphins, birds, and dozens of other animals

Researchers mapped genetic blueprints for 51 species including cats, dolphins, kangaroos, penguins, sharks, and turtles, a discovery that deepens our…

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