Canberra, Australia (AP) – A racing pigeon has escaped from the United States into the Pacific Ocean an extraordinary 13,000 kilometers (8,000 mi) to find a new home in Australia. Officials now …
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(Newser) – How peculiar were the features of dinosaurs circling modern Brazil 110 million years ago? They “like nothing I’ve seen before in nature,” David Martill, the lead author of a study …
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A bird in hand costs $ 1.9 million in the bank. It is the sky-high amount that a prized Belgian racing pigeon named New Kim set a new world record at auction …
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Owls are one of the rare avian predators that hold their prey by night, and new research suggests that the way DNA molecules are packaged in their eyes has something special, making …
Read More »Bar-tailed Godwit in Australia. The image: JJ Harrison / Wikimedia A conservation group has tracked a migration for ages, in which a male bar-tailed deity did not take a single break from …
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A super rare bird showing both males and females has Pennsylvania scientists counting their lucky stars. Split the bottom, with yellow ‘wing pits’ on one side, and a pink underwatch on the …
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Most of us consider tears to be a human phenomenon, part of the complex fabric of human emotions. But they are not just for crying: all vertebrates, even reptiles and birds have …
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The Andean Condor is the world’s heaviest flying bird, weighing about 16 kg (or 35 kg) a person. When it comes to keeping these heavy bodies separate, the sky’s the limit is …
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