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Penguin Becomes ‘Guide Bird’ Companion For Zoo Pal Suffering with Cataracts: Waddle I do Without You?
A penguin has become a 'guide-bird' for a fellow African Penguin with poor eyesight, escorting her around their enclosure to get food and build...
Endangered Seabirds Flourishing on Island for First Time in Decades as Invasive Rabbits Removed
For the first time in over four decades, Peruvian diving petrels have four active natural nests on Chañaral Island after a dedicated conservation group...
Bird-Friendly Maple Syrup Boosts Vermont Forest Diversity and Resilience
Reprinted from Mongabay on a CC 4.0. License. Original writing by Nina Foster.
As the sun rises, the ethereal song of a wood thrush echoes...
Scientist Photographs Once in a Lifetime Sighting of Bird with Half Male and Half Female Plumage
A Kiwi professor of zoology was visiting Colombia and got the surprise of his life.
The South American country has more birds, both endemic and...
Endangered New Zealand Bird Chooses Airport as Nesting Sanctuary, With Tall Fences to Keep Out All Their Predators
Endemic to New Zealand, this sweet little bird is called the tūturiwhatu, or New Zealand dotterel, and though endangered, it has found a unique...
Prehistoric Bird Once Thought to Be Extinct Returns to New Zealand Wild
In a massive and historic conservation success story, eighteen takahē birds have been released into the wilds of a nature reserve on Lake Wakatipu.
This...
Australian Lyrebirds Give Singing Lessons to Juveniles–Mimicking 10 Different Species–LISTEN
ABC News Australia recently embedded with a team of ornithologists studying the jaw-dropping vocal ability of lyrebirds in their natural habitat.
Deep in the primordial...
To Halt Ibis Extinction Austrian Man Shows Birds a New Migration Route With His UltraLight–And it’s Working
An Austrian ornithologist has pioneered an incredible way of wildlife rehabilitation by fostering chicks of an endangered species before re-instituting their migratory practice by...
Woman Turns Her Apartment Into Hummingbird Hospital for Dozens of Battered Beauties–LOOK
In the last decade since recovering from colon cancer, an elderly woman in Mexico City has opened her doors to sick, injured, or orphaned...
Visitor Saves Hummingbird Trapped in Foyer of Historic Site By Cleverly Using a Ladder–While Shooting Video (LOOK)
A woman had just arrived at the Judge Wickersham House, an historic 1898 home in Juneau, Alaska to get a tour, when she happened...
Bird Feathers Preserved in Amber 99 Million Years Ago May Point to Dinosaur Survival Clue
(By Mark Waghorn, SWNS)
Bird feathers from 99 million years ago not only shows that modern birds are descended from dinosaurs but might also point...
10,000 Bricks With Built-in Bird Homes Installed in UK Homes to Give Nest Holes to Swifts
Tiny birds in the UK are being given free tenements from real estate development companies by installing "swift bricks" in new buildings around the...
Tiny Bone Flutes Discovered May Have Been Used for Calling Birds 12,000 Years Ago
Researchers have discovered 12,000-year-old miniature flutes that may have been used for mimicking raptor calls.
The precise motive of the mimicry is unknown. It could...
Lights Turned Off at the Gateway Arch Every Night to Assist in Bird Migration for 325 Species
From the majestic whooping crane to the smallest songbird, an iconic American landmark in Missouri is making the skies safer for spring migrating birds...
Intricate Feather Patterns of an African Bird Inspires New Water Bottle Design
The ingenious and unique feathers of a beloved African bird could provide the inspiration for space-age water bottles which keep liquid still whilst we...
Not a Single Collision for Seabird Populations in Offshore Wind Farm Says $3M Radar Study
There's something deeply comical about suggesting that seagulls are smart enough to wait for you to look away before stealing your french fries, but...
Lovebirds Tie the Knot in Their 80s After Meeting on a Dating Website–Bride ‘Highly Recommends’ it
A pair of geriatric lovebirds tied the knot in their 80s after they fell for each other on an internet dating site.
The besotted 85-year-old...
Artwork Found in Shed Covered in Bird Droppings Turns Out to be Early Van Dyck Now at Auction for $3 Million
An oil sketch done by Dutch Master Anthony van Dyck is going up for auction soon, after being found discarded in a farm shed...
Stone ‘Bird Palaces’ Meld Historic Architecture with Islamic Love of Animals in Istanbul
An empire which lasted 500 years was famous among writers for making a place in its society for animals, and the "bird palaces" of...
Bizarre Creature From China Had a Dinosaur Head on Bird’s Body – a Missing Link From 120 Million Years Ago
The evolution of dinosaurs into birds is a transition that encompasses such dramatic morphological changes that paleontologists are still scratching their heads to understand...