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Honeyguide birds respond to special calls from human honey-hunters

Honey-hunters from several African cultures use different sounds to communicate with honeyguides, and the birds respond to local calls more than others

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Chinstrap penguins take thousands of very short naps every day

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Unknown animals left birdlike footprints long before birds existed

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Striated caracara on the Falkland Islands

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Striated caracara's puzzle-solving matches that of clever cockatoos

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African penguins recognise their partners by the spots on their chest

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Endangered vultures saved from deadly poisoning and electrocution

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Wonthaggi bird tracks affected by modern erosion and marine organisms at Footprint Flats locality.

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Fossil footprints are the oldest traces of birds in Australia

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CAPTION Panels A and B show the side-on and underneath view of a hummingbird passing through an aperture sideways. C and D show the same views of the hummingbird passing thorough an aperture like a bullet with its wings swept back. CREDIT Marc Badger https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article-lookup/doi/10.1242/jeb.245643

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Hummingbirds have two amazing ways to fly through tiny gaps

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Roosters may be able to recognise themselves in a mirror

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Male Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus)

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Why birds' eyes can be blue, green, pink or orange

Among birds, eyes come in all sorts of colours – and it seems that this helps them compete for mating opportunities and intimidate rivals

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Chickens made resistant to bird flu with CRISPR gene editing

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Hybrid puffins may have emerged in the 20th century due to warming

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Two thick-billed murres

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Young seabird couples get 'divorced' with little immediate benefit

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Male cockatoos make customised drumsticks for their mating displays

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