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A cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) stands near a roadway in Sri Lanka. Birds in the country still fear humans years after the end of a civil war.

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Sri Lanka's civil war left a lasting fear in the country's birds

More than a decade after Sri Lanka's civil war ended, wild birds are still wary of humans in areas of the country that saw armed conflict

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A goose with a lake in the background

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Birds flocked to North American cities during covid-19 lockdowns

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Wild cockatoos make utensils out of tree branches to open fruit pits

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Wild cockatoos make utensils out of tree branches to open fruit pits

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Quiz: Can you identify these UK birds from their songs?

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Quiz: Can you identify these UK birds from their songs?

Features

Bird magic

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Magic trick reveals sharp memory and future planning in Eurasian jays

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Birds get angry when their favourite snacks are swapped in magic trick

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Acorn Woodpeckers

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Male woodpeckers that share mates with brothers live longer lives

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maleo bird

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Endangered maleo bird of Indonesia bouncing back from the brink

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Male birds’ feathers become duller when wildfires burn their habitats

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Male birds’ feathers become duller when wildfires burn their habitats

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Robin and magnetic field

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We may finally know how migrating birds sense Earth's magnetic field

A molecule in the eyes of migrating birds called cryptochrome 4 is sensitive to magnetism, potentially giving the animals an internal compass

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Life

Seagull eggs in the UK have been contaminated with plastic additives

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Environment

Scottish blue tits mostly survive on food from garden bird feeders

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Life

Some bird embryos know to hide from predators even inside their eggs

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Life

Common swifts can fly more than 800 kilometres a day during migration

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