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Hawks forward dive and then swoop up to hit the brakes before landing
A diving manoeuvre used by raptors to slow down before landing on a branch could improve technology for flying and perching drones
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Hummingbirds may be the world鈥檚 most colourful birds
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UK bird flu research project launched to protect poultry and seabirds
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Conservationists warn spread of bird flu is wiping out UK seabirds
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Ecological toll of Japan’s switch to farming revealed by 1850s maps
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Flocks of jackdaws ‘democratically’ decide when to take flight at once
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Clever birds forced to find new homes as Cambridge lab faces closure
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Male manakin birds with acrobatic mating dances evolved smaller bodies
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Common swifts enter hibernation-like torpor on cold nights
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Male crossbills grow redder feathers when they exercise harder
The red feathers of male crossbills are brighter in birds that find it more physically challenging to fly, suggesting exercise influences plumage colour
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Songbirds are more colourful the closer they live to the equator
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Crows may owe their intelligence to an abundance of certain neurons
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Ostrich necks act as a radiator to control their head temperature
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Seabird discovered by science this year may be critically endangered
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