Who’s the dodo now? A famously extinct bird, reconsidered
The dodo, now long gone, is fixed in society’s imagination as a species seemingly invented for the sole purpose of becoming ...
Wide Open Spaces on MSN3d
Lost Species Finally Documented After 55 Years In Rare Photo
Filippo Carlot/Shutterstock It's been more than half a century since researchers last saw this lost species. Now, it's ...
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What's that chirping bird? This app will tell you
Take a quick snap or record some of the chirping and you can find out using the Merlin Bird ID app.A free app for iOS and Android, it can identify birds quickly and precisely based on photos, singing ...
Rare bird believed to be ‘lost’ for 55 years is photographed for first time in history
(Gray News) – A rare bird that was believed to have been “lost” for over 50 years has been photographed for the first time in ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN6d
See the Wonders of Bird Engineering in These Photos of Intricate Nests
In a new book, a curator at England's Natural History Museum describes rare and interesting nests and eggs—from the house ...
World Wildlife Fund6d
First ever photograph of rare bird species New Britain Goshawk
The rare New Britain Goshawk has been photographed for the first time in history. The bird of prey is found only on the ...
MIT Technology Review3d
Why virologists are getting increasingly nervous about bird flu
Avian flu in dairy cows could stick around on US farms forever, and is raising the risk of outbreaks in mammals—including ...
What goes into a bird’s name?
Bird names, both common and scientific, try to help clarify which bird is which. A black-capped chickadee by any other name ...
Chinook Observer4d
Vultures: An invaluable species
One of our most maligned bird species is the vulture. In our case, the turkey vulture. Many people I know call it ugly and ...
Cyprus Mail7d
Laughing doves could be putting local species at risk
If you live in a populated area, you will have seen or heard the laughing dove, the small lilac pigeon with a pinkish ...
WXXI2d
For "The Complete Language of Birds," this Rochester author researched nearly 400 species
"The Complete Language of Birds" is a richly illustrated encyclopedia written by local author Randi Minetor, president of the ...
Niagara Gazette22h
Butterfly Conservatory welcomes new bird migration exhibit and return of Majestic Monarchs program
Niagara Parks in Ontario has announced the launch of a new exhibit by Dr. Roberta Bondar at the Butterfly Conservatory — ...