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Birds have their dinosaur ancestors to thank for their colourful eggs
A careful look at dinosaur fossil eggs suggests colourful eggs evolved just once 鈥� in the group of dinosaurs that eventually gave rise to birds
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Dinosaur fossil may be a whole new species of the first birds
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Bird-like lungs may have helped dinosaurs rule the world
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Male birds can be good singers or good looking, but not both
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Birds can learn to understand the meanings of other species’ calls
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Hundreds of ancient mummified penguins found in Antarctic graveyard
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Butcherbird uses vicious whiplash technique to kill its prey
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The New York bird with a song that may be a thousand years old
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Male peacocks can make females’ heads vibrate at a distance
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Bent bird feathers repair themselves when soaked in water
Elastic fibres inside a feather can spring back to their original shape when soaked in water, helping it straighten even after being bent nearly in half
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The birds of South Georgia are finally safe from marauding rats
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Almost 1500 bird species face extinction and we’re to blame
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World’s biggest bird feeder will use 500 tonnes of shellfish
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How birds focus even with eyes on opposite sides of their heads
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