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Rockets’ red glare, boom from Fourth of July beach parties can harm birds: experts
The most vulnerable shorebirds on Florida’s Gulf and Atlantic coasts, including in Volusia and Brevard, are the American ...
Young cardinals are brown but will molt into red feathers
Q: I watched a beautiful male cardinal feeding an all-brown bird on the roof of my garage. Why would it feed another species? A: That’s a great observation and it indicates how different young ...
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Scientists discover colorful birds can thrive in cities
Colorful birds thrive in cities, according to new research. Avian species that do well in urban areas have feathers of a more ...
Ornithologists recruit volunteers for citizen science initiative investigating birds' response to wildfire
Ornithologists at UCLA and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County are recruiting volunteers for Project Phoenix, a ...
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Saving birds and helping humanity
Birds are dying at an alarming rate, and it’s a warning sign to humans that the quality of our environments are getting worse ...
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Scientists Are Tracking Worrying Declines in Insects—and the Birds That Feast on Them. Here’s What’s Being Done to Save Them Both
In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of creepy, crawly bugs that their avian predators consume and may have ...
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Why Are Many Male Birds More Colorful Than Females?
Among the birds of the world, it is usually the males who have the brightest feathers and the females who are the most drab, ...
Central Texas’ July bird forecast: Rare coastal birds visit
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two rare coastal birds, the Piping Plover and the Brown Booby, are expected to be in Central Texas this July.
Scientists say a tiny brown moth navigates 600 miles using stars — just like humans and birds
Native to Australia, tiny Bogong moths travel hundreds of miles in an astonishing annual migration by using the starry night ...
Beloved US bird known for distinct morning call makes incredible comeback after years of decline: 'It takes habitat, and habitat takes work'
The birds, famous for their distinctive "poor, bob-white" morning calls, had nearly vanished from Maryland after declining ...
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Tiny brown moth navigates 600 miles using stars — just like humans and birds | CNN
(CNN) — Each year, a tiny species in Australia makes a grueling 620-mile (1,000-kilometer) nighttime migration, and it’s pulling off the feat in a way only humans and migratory birds have been ...