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Mystery as 40 birds fall from sky over Boston
9-11-2016 |
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Environmental officials have been left perplexed after dozens of grackles appeared to fall ill en masse.
Ducks much smarter than previously thought
7-18-2016 | 7
Ducks and other birds may possess far greater cognitive abilities than anyone had ever realized.
Scientists grow a dinosaur leg on a chicken
3-12-2016 | 13
A recent reverse evolution experiment has succeeded in growing a dinosaur's limb on a farmyard bird.
Giant bird had a head the size of a horse's
2-13-2016 | 5
A huge flightless bird called Gastornis is thought to have once roamed what is now the Arctic Circle.
Birds of prey are deliberately starting fires
2-10-2016 | 22
Falcons and kites in Australia have been starting bush fires in an effort to smoke out small animals.
Ancient 500-pound bird was eaten by humans
1-30-2016 | 18
New evidence suggests that Genyornis newtoni was wiped out because it was tasty and easy to catch.
Dinosaurs used dance moves to attract a mate
1-8-2016 | 18
Like modern birds, dinosaurs were no strangers to putting on a show to attract the opposite sex.
Mystery surrounds unexplained bird deaths
11-26-2015 | 13
Scientists have been struggling to explain why some UK garden birds are drowning themselves en masse.
'Winged dragon' velociraptor fossil unearthed
7-17-2015 | 14
Scientists have discovered an ancestor of the velociraptor with distinctly bird-like traits.
Can a chicken be regressed in to a dinosaur?
5-14-2015 | 36
Scientists have succeeded in reverting the beaks of chicken ambryos in to dinosaur-like snouts.
New species of terror bird discovered
4-11-2015 | 12
Palaeontologists have successfully unearthed the most complete skeleton of a terror bird ever found.
Owl terrorizes town in the Netherlands
2-27-2015 | 15
Residents have been going out at night wearing protective headgear following a spate of owl attacks.
Could the 'Thunderbird' be a real creature ?
2-13-2015 | 73
Legends of a huge bird have been an integral part of American Midwest culture for centuries.
Mystery goop kills birds in San Francisco Bay
1-23-2015 | 13
Authorities have been struggling to identify a strange goo that's been wreaking havoc on local wildlife.
Birds can sense a tornado over 900km away
12-20-2014 | 16
A species of warbler was observed evacuating its nest one day in advance of an approaching tornado.
Swarms of ladybirds invade Romanian town
11-12-2014 | 14
Local residents have been forced to seal up their homes to keep out tens of thousands of the red insects.
Dinosaurs shrank for over 50 million years
8-2-2014 | 13
Researchers have been piecing together how therapod dinosaurs eventually became today's birds.
Fossil of largest ever flying bird discovered
7-8-2014 | 14
Palaeontologists have revealed an enormous prehistoric bird described as a 'seagull on steroids'.
New bird species discovered in Indonesia
6-10-2014 | 8
Zoologists have identified a previously unrecognized bird species known as the Wakatobi Flowerpecker.
Blonde women attacked by crows in London
6-5-2014 | 42
A group of real-life angry birds has been terrorizing fair-haired visitors to London's Eltham Park South.
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