Bird
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Science
Freakishly Smart Falcons Run These Islands
The success of wild striated caracaras in a test suggests that the intellects of more bird species may be underestimated.
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America
Celebrity Campaign Shines Spotlight on New Zealand Bird Contest
An endorsement from the comedian John Oliver led to a spike in votes for the eventual winner, the pūteketeke.
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Opinion
North American Birds Will No Longer Be Named for Racists — or Anybody Else
On Nov. 1, the American Ornithological Society announced that it would be renaming all the birds under its purview that…
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Science
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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Science
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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Science
The Eternal Search for the ‘Nemesis Bird’
For every devoted birder, there is a bird that continues to elude sighting.
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America
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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America
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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America
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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Real Estate
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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