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To work out your personality type, you can take a test. To do the same for a bird, you might analyse its song.That's ...

In a testament to the crows’ intelligence (or perhaps just the deliciousness of mealworms), the birds all caught on impressively quickly. But for the test proper, the task would become a little more ...

Both swine and avian influenza are strains of influenza A. Just as swine flu strains tend to infect pigs, avian flu strains tend to infect birds. But the potential for influenza A viruses that ...

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With a prime location on North America's migratory paths and a variety of welcoming natural spaces, the Kansas City area is full of great places for birding. Get your binoculars and head to these ...

Amazon’s new arrivals include a hummingbird feeder designed to bring hummingbirds to your yard, but without the ants, bees, ...

I share a couple of stories from Heinrich Hoffmann’s children’s book “Der Struwwelpeter” (“Slovenly Peter”) with my students to practice the German past tense, and every time, students express their ...

In addition, successful urban bird species have more elaborate colours in their plumage, which is especially true for females. Cities seem to favour more colourful birds -- probably because there are ...