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‘I Just Couldn’t See Hanging That Drawing on My Wall’
Odd-Looking Birds Dear Diary: I was at a thrift shop on the Upper West Side when I saw a set…
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Dozens of Bald Eagles Have Died From Bird Flu
With millions of chickens on commercial poultry farms sickened and dying from a highly virulent strain of avian flu in…
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The Shakespearean Tall Tale That Shaped How We See Starlings
In 1890, a mustachioed eccentric named Eugene Schieffelin released a few dozen European starlings into New York City. His supposed…
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These Birds Form a Trio, but Probably Not a Throuple
Cranes have a reputation as romantics. The birds live in faithful pairs, dancing and defending their territory together. When intruders…
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‘Toward the End of the Walk, a Bird Somewhere Ahead Burst Into Song’
Birdsong Dear Diary: On Presidents’ Day, about three dozen people of various ages gathered at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s entrance…
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Fossil Holds Clues to How Some Owls Evolved Into Daytime Hunters
In the silty red soil of Gansu Province in China, a small owl has lain nestled for about 6 million…
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Chasing the ‘Ghost Bird’ of Australia’s Outback
There had been no confirmed sightings of a live night parrot for nearly 140 years. So when the naturalist John…
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Why These Mexican Fish Do the Wave
In the sulfur-infused ponds of Tabasco State in Mexico lives a tiny silver slip of a fish, the sulphur molly.…
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