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Scientists Hatch a New Explanation for How Eggs Get Their Shapes
Flight ability could explain how eggs are shaped
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The Early Birds Might Be Crowding Out the Bees
As humans expand, nesting space contracts—and competition heats up
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Telling the Story of 19th-Century Native American Treasures Through Bird Feathers
Famed explorer John Wesley Powell’s archive of his 19th century travels is newly examined
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Eagles Adopt—Not Attack—a Red-Tailed Hawk Chick
Bird lovers are watching with bated breath to see if the eagles will keep feeding the little guy or turn him into dinner
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This 99-Million-Year-Old Bird Coexisted With Dinosaurs
The tiny bird is a big find for paleontologists
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How Do Flamingos Stay Stable On One Leg?
They’re actually more stable standing on one leg than they are on two
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Enormous Chicken Painting Comes Home to Roost
After years overseas, Doug Argue’s iconic portrait is back
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Spring Brings a Wave of Baby Animals to the Zoo
Seven different endangered species born so far at the National Zoo and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
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Did Peckish Christians Make Chickens More Social?
Religious dietary laws in the Middle Ages could have helped make the fowl less aggressive
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Threatened Species? Science to the (Genetic) Rescue!
This still-controversial conservation technique will never be a species’ panacea. But it might provide a crucial stop-gap
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Bones of the Hawaiian Petrel Open Up a Window Into the Birds’ Changing Diet
Industrial fishing may play a role in the shift
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The Hopeful Mid-Century Conservation Story of the (Still Endangered) Whooping Crane
There were just 15 whooping cranes left in 1952. Today there are around 600
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The Naturalist Who Inspired Ernest Hemingway and Many Others to Love the Wilderness
W.H. Hudson wrote one of the 20th century’s greatest memoirs after a fever rekindled visions of his childhood.
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What can conservationists learn from New Zealand’s official “spokesbird,” a YouTube celebrity who tries to mate with people’s heads?
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A Penguin Colony’s Rise and Fall, Recorded in Poop
A nearby volcano has decimated the gentoo colony on Ardley Island three times
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Watch a Baby Bald Eagle Hatch in Real Time
Things are getting serious for the world’s most famous bald eagles
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The Best Places in the U.S. to See Spring’s Migrating Birds
Get out your binoculars—birds are making their annual trek north
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Why Do Male Birds Take on Larger Predators? Maybe Just to Impress the Ladies
Some mobbing behavior may be less about survival, and more about sexual selection
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Scientists Track, For the First Time, One of the Rarest Songbirds on Its Yearlong Migration
The journey of the Kirtland’s warbler is discovered thanks to a combination of the latest tiny technology and centuries-old solar location methods
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The Country’s Most Famous Bald Eagle Pair Just Laid Another Egg
To the delight of millions of online viewers, the nesting eagles at the U.S. National Arboretum welcomed a new egg to their nest
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