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Watch parrots use their beaks for a newly identified form of motion
Not only can parrots fly and walk, they can also swing along branches using their beaks, in a technique researchers are calling beakiation
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Owls may actually be able to turn their heads a full 360 degrees
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Sharp decline of African birds of prey puts them at risk of extinction
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Honeyguide birds respond to special calls from human honey-hunters
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Chinstrap penguins take thousands of very short naps every day
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Unknown animals left birdlike footprints long before birds existed
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Striated caracara’s puzzle-solving matches that of clever cockatoos
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African penguins recognise their partners by the spots on their chest
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Endangered vultures saved from deadly poisoning and electrocution
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Fossil footprints are the oldest traces of birds in Australia
A set of tracks made over 120 million years ago push back the earliest known appearance of birds in the southern continents
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Hummingbirds have two amazing ways to fly through tiny gaps
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Roosters may be able to recognise themselves in a mirror
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Why birds’ eyes can be blue, green, pink or orange
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Chickens made resistant to bird flu with CRISPR gene editing
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