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  Helping Family Is Key for Social Birds

  July 12, 2012 — Social birds that forgo breeding to help to raise the offspring of other group members are far more likely to care for their own close relatives than for more distant kin, a new study has found. The ... > full story
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  Fossil Egg Links Dinosaurs to Modern Birds

  July 12, 2012 — Researchers have discovered a series of dinosaur eggs with a unique characteristic: they are oval in shape. The discovery supports the theory that birds and non-avian theropods, dinosaurs from the ... > full story
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  Taking a Bird's Eye View Could Cut Wildlife Collisions With Aircraft

  July 9, 2012 — Using lights to make aircraft more visible to birds could help reduce the risk of bird strikes, new research has found. The study examined how Canada geese responded to different radio-controlled ... > full story
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  Newly Discovered Dinosaur Implies Greater Prevalence of Feathers; Megalosaur Fossil Represents First Feathered Dinosaur Not Closely Related to Birds

  July 2, 2012 — A new species of feathered dinosaur discovered in southern Germany is further changing the perception of how predatory dinosaurs looked. The fossil of Sciurumimus albersdoerferi, which lived about ... > full story

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  • Feathered Saurians: Downy Dinosaur Discovered
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  Diving Seabirds: Working Hard and Living Long

  July 2, 2012 — Scientists have found that diving birds reach their 30s and then die quickly and suddenly, showing few signs of aging prior to death. Their findings could help us understand the aging process, ... > full story
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  Lead Poisoning Blocks Recovery of California Condor Population

  June 25, 2012 — A comprehensive study shows that California condors are continually exposed to harmful levels of lead, the principal source of that lead is ammunition, and lead poisoning from ammunition is ... > full story

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  • Condor Lead Poisoning Persists, Impeding Recovery, Study Finds
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  Birds Can Recognize People's Faces and Know Their Voices

  June 22, 2012 — New research suggests that some birds may know who their human friends are, as they are able to recognize people’s faces and differentiate between human ... > full story
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  Avian Flu Viruses Which Are Transmissible Between Humans Could Evolve in Nature

  June 21, 2012 — It might be possible for human-to-human airborne transmissible avian H5N1 influenza viruses to evolve in nature, new research has ... > full story
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  Melting Sea Ice Threatens Emperor Penguins

  June 20, 2012 — At nearly four feet tall, the Emperor penguin is Antarctica's largest sea bird -- and thanks to films like "March of the Penguins" and "Happy Feet," it's also one of the continent's most iconic. If ... > full story
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  Black Brant Geese Show Lifetime Relationship Good for Goose and Gander

  June 20, 2012 — Not all birds mate for life, but for those species that do, wildlife biologists have found a clear benefit to the birds from such long-term relationships: Greater longevity and breeding success, ... > full story

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