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A rare crane species never before seen in Uganda has been spotted in the eastern part of the country, Nature Uganda said

Rare crane in first Uganda sighting

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A rare crane species never before seen in Uganda has been spotted in the eastern part of the country, the executive director of Nature Uganda told AFP on Thursday.





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New caledonian crows find 2 tools better than 1

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created Aug 16, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (18) | comments 0

Researchers have found that New Caledonian crows—which are known to make complex food-getting tools in the wild—can also spontaneously use one tool on another to get a snack. The researchers report their findings online August ...


Migrating songbirds learn survival tips on the fly

Migrating songbirds learn survival tips on the fly

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created Jun 25, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Migrating songbirds take their survival cues from local winged residents when flying through unfamiliar territory, a new Queen's University-led study shows. It's a case of "When in Rome, do as the Romans do," ...


Migrating birds chill to fatten up

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Marathon runners are famed for pasta packing in the days before a big run but when tiny passerine birds set out on their epic migrations, the distances are too great to cover on the energy reserves with which they embark. ...


Birds 'See' Earth's Magnetic Field

Birds 'See' Earth's Magnetic Field

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 2

When birds migrate over long distances -- sometimes thousands of miles -- they usually end up in exactly the same place year after year. Such accurate feats of navigation, accomplished by millions of birds ...


Noise pollution negatively affects woodland bird communities, says CU-Boulder study

Noise pollution negatively affects woodland bird communities

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new University of Colorado at Boulder study shows the strongest evidence yet that noise pollution negatively influences bird populations, findings with implications for the fate of ecological communities ...


Group says 3 more birds close to extinction

Biology / Ecology

created May 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- An Ethiopian lark, a Galapagos finch and a spectacularly colored hummingbird only recently discovered in Colombia have been added to the list of the world's most threatened species, an environmental group said Thursday. ...


The pain of torture can make the innocent seem guilty

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (10) | comments 4

The rationale behind torture is that pain will make the guilty confess, but a new study by researchers at Harvard University finds that the pain of torture can make even the innocent seem guilty.


Origin of birds confirmed by exceptional new dinosaur fossils

Origin of birds confirmed by exceptional new dinosaur fossils

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (17) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Chinese scientists today reveal the discovery of five remarkable new feathered dinosaur fossils which are significantly older than any previously reported. The new finds are indisputably older ...


Making a clean getaway: Scientists demonstrate how bird baths make for more accurate flyers

Making a clean getaway: Scientists demonstrate how bird baths make for more accurate flyers

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Newcastle University scientists investigating why starlings bathe so often have discovered it alters their escape behaviour, with clean birds proving the most accurate flyers.


Great Tit

Great Tit Turns Out to be a Killer

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created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (21) | comments 12

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Great Tit is an aggressive songbird found in Britain, continental Europe, parts of Northern Africa, and much of Asia. It is believed to survive mostly on seeds, nuts, fruit, insects, beetles, ...



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