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Posted September 21, 2011:
- Smells May Help Birds Find Their Homes, Avoid Inbreeding; Research May Bring Help to Endangered Species
- An Angry Bird in the Sky: Lambda Centauri Nebula
Posted September 19, 2011:
- Primitive Birds Shared Dinosaurs' Fate
- Pigeon 'Milk' Contains Antioxidants and Immune-Enhancing Proteins
- Size Matters: Length of Songbirds’ Playlists Linked to Brain Region Proportions
Posted September 15, 2011:
- Tree Resin Captures Evolution of Feathers on Dinosaurs and Birds
- It’s All in the Head: Songbirds With Bigger Brains Have Benefited from the End of Communism
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Posted September 8, 2011:
- Newly Hatched Chicks of African Honeyguide Birds Bite to Death Their Foster Siblings to Eliminate Competition
- Hummingbirds All a-Flutter During Courtship: How Fluttering Feathers Can Generate Courtship Sounds
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- Sparing or Sharing? Protecting Wild Species May Require Growing More Food on Less Land
- Argentina's Santa Fe Government Reducing Lead Ammunition for Sports Hunters
Posted August 31, 2011:
- First Lizard Genome Sequenced: Green Anole Lizard's Genome Sheds Light on Vertebrate Evolution
- Great Tits Sing Low to Be Loved or High to Be Heard
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Posted August 24, 2011:
- Females Choose Mates for Their Personalities, Zebra Finch Study Shows
- Storing Vertebrates in the Cloud: Cloud-Based Data Make Searching the World’s Museum Collections Easier
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Posted August 8, 2011:
- North Sea Wind Farm Has Positive Net Impact on Fauna, Researchers Say
- Researchers Unravel the Magic of Flocks of Starlings
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Posted July 28, 2011:
- Oral Interferon May Prevent and Control Avian Influenza Virus Infection
- Toucans Wearing GPS Backpacks Help Smithsonian Scientists Study Seed Dispersal
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Posted July 20, 2011:
- It's No Sweat for Salt Marsh Sparrows to Beat the Heat If They Have a Larger Bill
- A New Breed: Highly Productive Chickens Help Raise Ugandans from Poverty
Posted July 19, 2011:
- Avian 'Axe Effect' Attracts Attention of Females and Males
- Some Desert Birds Less Affected by Wildfires and Climate Change
- Mysterious Fossils Provide New Clues to Insect Evolution
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- Chicks Dig Certain Types of Music
- Murder in the Magpie's Nest: Brutal, Non-Parental Infanticide in the Black-Billed Magpie
Posted July 6, 2011:
- Can Gulls Smell out a Good Partner? Study Suggests Kittiwakes Use Body Odor to Assess Genetically Compatible Mates
- The Rise and Rise of the Flying Reptiles: Pterosaurs Not Driven Into Extinction by Birds, Study Reveals
Posted July 5, 2011:
- Smithsonian's National Zoo Welcomes Whooping Crane
- Research Bolsters Importance of Horseshoe Crab Spawning for Migrating Shorebirds
Posted July 1, 2011:
- Flapping Micro Air Vehicles Inspired by Swifts
- Hawaii Is Not an Evolutionary Dead End for Marine Life, Snail Study Finds
- Auto-Pilots Need a Birds-Eye View: Pigeons Can Inform Navigation Technology Design

