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Dark feathers give birds hot wings that may save energy during flight
Birds with dark wing feathers may fly more efficiently because of the way the wings heat up in sunlight and change the way air flows over the wing
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Flightless bird three times the size of an ostrich used to roam Europe
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This South American potoo bird can camouflage itself as a branch
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Plan to remove hen harrier eggs and raise them in captivity criticised
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The evolution of Archaeopteryx is stranger than anyone imagined
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Working hypothesis: from buzzwords to Amazon workers
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Putting a bird feeder in your garden really does help wildlife
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Birds introduced to Hawaii have evolved rapidly in just decades
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Meet the white-tailed eagles making a comeback in the UK
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Weird chromosome may have spurred evolution of thousands of songbirds
Songbirds appear to have an extra chromosome in cells involved in sexual reproduction. The extra DNA could help explain why there are so many songbird species
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How did the ancient Egyptians catch and mummify millions of ibises?
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Have people in the UK really been banned from shooting wood pigeons?
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Baby boom for the kakapo, New Zealand’s critically endangered parrot
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Eurasian hoopoes protect their eggs with a dark foul-smelling goo
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