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Environment

A spat over sand eels threatens puffins and other iconic seabirds

Overfishing of small fish has led to population declines in the birds that feed on them. Now the UK government's attempts to protect this crucial resource faces a serious challenge

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See the fluorescing tail feathers of a male emperor bird-of-paradise

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Quail-sized feathered dinosaur may be the earliest known bird

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Ancient relative of geese is the earliest known modern bird

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Franconian Trumpeter.

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Fancy pigeons flaunt their feathers in this striking photo series

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A pigeon looks in the photographer's camera in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on November 17, 2016. / AFP / dpa / Frank Rumpenhorst / Germany OUT (Photo credit should read FRANK RUMPENHORST/DPA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Pigeons are misunderstood: These little-known facts will prove why

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ITALY. Venice. A tourist takes a picture while pigeons surround her. 2005.

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The amazing talents of pigeons – and why we should learn to love them

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Technology

Robotic pigeon reveals how birds fly without a vertical tail fin

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Exquisite bird fossil provides clues to the evolution of avian brains

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Migratory birds can use Earth's magnetic field like a GPS

Eurasian reed warblers don’t just get a sense of direction from Earth’s magnetic field – they can also calculate their coordinates on a mental map

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Red kites and buzzards are being killed by misuse of rat poisons

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Dinosaurs may have run like emus by keeping one foot on the ground

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A selection of elaborate birds' nests from around the world

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We now know how kestrels stay perfectly still while hovering

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