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Seagulls aren't menaces – they are fascinating and complex creatures

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Seagulls aren't menaces – they are fascinating and complex creatures

Gulls are often misunderstood. Many people think of them as chip-stealing pests, but that's just because they haven't spent the time to get to know them, says Madeleine Goumas

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I'm protecting seabirds in one of the world's most overfished areas

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I'm protecting seabirds in one of the world's most overfished areas

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Little green invaders: how parakeets conquered the world

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Little green invaders: how parakeets conquered the world

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fossil in amber

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Tiny bird-like dinosaur discovered in amber might actually be a lizard

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Some dinosaurs might have had fluorescent horns or feathers

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Some dinosaurs might have had fluorescent horns or feathers

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Seagull asking for food

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Seagulls are more likely to pick up food that humans have handled

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Blue tits learn to avoid gross food by watching videos of other birds

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Blue tits learn to avoid gross food by watching videos of other birds

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Dead common murres

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Marine heatwave known as 'the blob' killed a million US seabirds

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Taliabu Grasshopper-Warbler

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Scientists have discovered five new species of songbird in Indonesia

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Nutcracker birds square off in the snowy mountains of Bulgaria

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Nutcracker birds square off in the snowy mountains of Bulgaria

Your festive meal may be nicely laid out for you this December, but these spotted nutcrackers must fight for their meal of pine nuts – on the Vitosha mountain massif in Bulgaria

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The problem with plastic - and how science can solve it

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Fighting plastic pollution in British waters: How to make a difference

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Nightingales practise new songs in winter to impress mates in spring

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Pigeons with broken wings get patched up with dog and sheep bones

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