Birds in the News

How Pigeons Avoid Collisions
May 07, 2015 — Watch slow motion footage of the birds using their moves to complete a Harvard obstacle course.
Restoring an Angry Bird Paradise
May 07, 2015 — The popular video game partners with BirdLife International to save real Pacific Island habitat.
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Something Strange-Winged This Way Comes
May 05, 2015 — A new fossil from the Jurassic Period suggests that dinosaurs had multiple ways to get airborne.
Rolling the Dice on Cuckoos
May 01, 2015 — A new gambling market pegged to the iconic bird’s migration delivers for bettors and birds alike.
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New Owls on the Block
April 30, 2015 — Jamaica Bay has its first reported Great Horned Owl nest.
8 Ways to Keep Birds from Colliding with Drones
April 30, 2015 — And buildings, and airplanes, and wind turbines—there’s a lot in our sky to contend with.
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Extremely Rare Elephant Egg Doesn't Sell
April 30, 2015 — Sotheby’s auction in London sought bids in the tens of thousands of dollars for its remarkably large oddity.
March of the Waddling Toddlers
April 29, 2015 — Children gather at the London Zoo to honor the penguin’s funky walk, while scientists continue to study the mechanics behind it.
Condor Found, Colorado Bound
April 29, 2015 — A mistaken ID leads to the discovery of a valuable missing bird.
The Most Polluted Bird in the World
April 28, 2015 — Scientists in Canada found a Cooper’s Hawk with stunningly high levels of a flame retardant in its liver.