Bird
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News
Why Vultures Might Just Be the Smartest Birds Above the Block
The two lappet-faced vultures had been together for just a few months, yet the massive birds, with their watchful, featherless…
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News
Scientists Use CRISPR to Make Chickens More Resistant to Bird Flu
A new study highlights both the promise and the limitations of gene editing, as a highly lethal form of avian…
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News
The Eternal Search for the ‘Nemesis Bird’
For every devoted birder, there is a bird that continues to elude sighting.
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World
New York Birders Reject Audubon Name Over Slavery Past
The association with the naturalist John James Audubon is “problematic” for a local group seeking to be more inclusive.
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World
Flaco, Central Park Zoo Owl, Tastes Freedom and Isn’t Rushing to Return
Not straying far from the zoo but not going back either, a bird of prey on the loose faces serious…
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World
An Owl Named Flaco Is Loose in Central Park, With Vandals to Blame
After leaving his damaged Central Park Zoo enclosure the night before, a Eurasian eagle-owl was the subject of an intense…
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News
After a Frantic Year, It’s Time for ‘Slow Birding’
A new book borrows from the slow food movement to propose a more thoughtful, less competitive form of bird-watching.
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World
The Quiet Thrill of Winter Wildlife Viewing
In Colorado’s Rockies, birds and other animals stand out against the snow, and even if you can’t see them, their…
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Health
What Temperature Is a Turkey Done? And More Thanksgiving Questions, Answered
Making a Thanksgiving turkey is much easier than you think. Really! But whether it’s your first time making the bird,…