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11 masterfully painted eggs, straight from the bird
Easter may bring on a riot of festively decorated eggs, but birds mastered the art long ago.
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Top 25 Wild Bird Photographs of the Week #64
Kingfishers, fish-eagles, orioles, flycatchers, lovebirds, wagtails, bush-shrikes, broadbills, bee-eaters, and laughing-thrushes… A fantastic collection of wild bird photographs that sets the standard for 2014! All these photographers need to be commend
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6 must-see winter bird cams
Whether you're looking for an exciting glimpse into a bald eagle nest or a sunny escape from your winter woes, these live feeds are sure to entertain.
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Top 25 Wild Bird Photographs of the Week #62
Screamers, rollers, flycatchers, cock-on-the-rock, white-eyes, bee-eaters and sunbirds. Sounds like kinds of people that enjoy roller-coasters?! We need to do everything we can to make sure that our children get to see, hear and photograph birds in the wi
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Happy 205th, Charles Darwin! | Rosetta Stones, Scientific American Blog Network
'Tis Darwin Day, the day Charles Darwin was born in 1809, fifty years before he would publish the book that launched evolution as science. Everybody goes ...
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DECATUR, Ill.: EXCHANGE: Owls not bright, but vicious but night | Illinois News | News Democrat
The learned old owls living on the grounds of Harvard University are supposed to be so erudite they disdain
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Stunning images put PIGEONS in the place of fashion models
The series, titled Darwin’s Pigeons, was snapped by British photographer Richard Bailey, who was looking to capture the birds’ photogenic side.
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Dianne Yudelson's Antique Aviary
The photographer Dianne Yudelson was inspired by the tintypes she loved as a young girl.
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Birds steal camera, capture amazing images of nature
A camera hidden inside an egg-shaped contraption intrigued some wild birds. Acting on their curiosity, the birds ended up recording some amazing footage that's intriguing Internet users. See video ...
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Brilliant crow makes a sled out of mayonnaise lid, has more fun than you’ve had all winter | Death and Taxes
More evidence that crows are smarter than you think.
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Photo: Waxwing birds fill the brances of a wintering tree
The dry and leaf-less branches of a tree is bursting with life of a different sort. These waxwings look like a smattering of winter fruit budding from the branches.
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Here is an adorable, terrifying selfie taken by a penguin
Antarctic creatures didn't want to be the last to participate in the phenomenon of 2013
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How the hummingbird ended up in the Andes
Hummingbirds, fast and busy birds, live full lives – and some species do so even in thin air of the Andes. How do they do it?
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Top 25 Wild Bird Photographs of the Week #55
Show-stopping peafowl, pygmy-tyrants, babblers, flowerpeckers and sapphires are the pick of the wild bird photographs from this week! Go to the new Wild Bird Trust website to learn more about our research and conservation projects in Africa. Please cons
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Avian camera thief takes viewers on wild ride across Australian landscape (video, bird selfie)
A sea eagle in Australia unexpectedly took folks on a wild ride recently after snatching a camera that wildlife rangers had set up to record crocodiles. The AP reports that the bird took the camera on a 70-mile journey across the Australian landscape.
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Waterstones spoofs Amazon drones with owl delivery service - video
The bookseller jokes that it is training up owls to deliver orders to customers.
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Ghost Bird - The Bird is the Word
Ghost Bird is a feature documentary exploring the rediscovery of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker. Director: Scott Crocker Cinematographer: Damir Frkovic
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Combining 19th-Century Portraits With Birds for a Magical Effect
Sara Angelucci had been collecting vintage photographs for many years and wasn’t quite sure what to do with them. Although she found many of the fiber-based photographs to be beautiful, she also found them to be heartbreaking—she was the keepe
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Rare pheasant snapped in Sumatra
Following on from the three-day camera trapping workshop which produced images of the unusual golden form of collared mongoose the Fauna & Flora International (FFI) Aceh team have made another scoop – this time the rarely seen Hoogerwerf's pheasant, Lop
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Jane Goodall and I Set Free the Smartest Birds in the World
On President Barack Obama’s trip to Africa this summer, he made history with a major speech on wildlife trafficking. The illegal trade in wildlife is one of the top threats to wildlife worldwide, and it is on the rise globally. The presidential spot
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The Upper Reaches of Birding
In Wisconsin and Minnesota, the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge provides year-round birding activity
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Top 25 Wild Bird Photographs of the Week #51
Just look at the prehistoric-looking shoebill of Africa… This unique bird settled in the swamps of central and East Africa where they patented the technique of smashing their bizarre bill and head through papyrus to catch small catfish. Another exam
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10 Fascinating Facts About Ravens
Edgar Allan Poe knew what he was doing when he used the raven instead of some other bird to croak out “nevermore” in his famous poem. The raven has long been associated with death and dark omens, but the real bird is somewhat of a mystery. Unlike its
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21 California condors treated at L.A. Zoo for lead poisoning
A record number of 21 endangered California condors were treated at the Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens for lead poisoning in October — more than half of what the center sees in a typical year, officials reported.
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Galápagos finches that inspired Darwin under threat from parasitical flies
Species found during historic HMS Beagle voyage and central to naturalist's theory of evolution now endangered
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Creepers the perfect bird for Halloween
The name “brown creeper” sounds creepy, which is reason enough to write about this species for Halloween. Although brown creepers are year-round residents in Maine, they are seen more often once the leaves fall. Creepers also forage over a greater ran
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The Secret Life Of NYC Pigeons
Pigeons are just a nuisance in New York, right? Basically just rats with wings.
