Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. H5N1 bird flu has been making a lot of headlines since last year, and for good reason: since March 2024 …
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An oriental magpie-robin perches on a tree branch in Bangkok in 2022. The bird was among the species that researchers studied in a rainforest in India. Jack Taylor/AFP via Getty …
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Crafty curlews: birds eavesdrop on prairie dog calls to evade predators | Animal behaviour
by Wikdailyby WikdailyPrairie dogs bark to alert each other to the presence of predators, with different cries depending on whether the threat is airborne or approaching by land. But their warnings also …
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Like a Tom Cruise stunt: hawk uses traffic patterns to target prey | Birds
by Wikdailyby WikdailyIt is a tactic worthy of Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt: wait until a beeping pedestrian crossing indicates a traffic queue has formed then use the line of cars as cover …
Providing every new home with at least one “swift brick” to help endangered cavity-nesting birds has been rejected by Labour at the committee stage of its increasingly controversial planning bill. …