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Polly Wants a Cracker, but She Wants to Make It Easier to Chew

Goffin’s cockatoos, long known as adept tool users, are the first parrots found to alter their food by dipping it…

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Science

Why Warblers Flock to Wealthier Neighborhoods

In the unequal distribution of birds and other species, ecologists are tracing the impact of bigoted urban policies adopted decades…

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Science

Freakishly Smart Falcons Run These Islands

The success of wild striated caracaras in a test suggests that the intellects of more bird species may be underestimated.

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World

Celebrity Campaign Shines Spotlight on New Zealand Bird Contest

An endorsement from the comedian John Oliver led to a spike in votes for the eventual winner, the pūteketeke.

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News

North American Birds Will No Longer Be Named for Racists — or Anybody Else

On Nov. 1, the American Ornithological Society announced that it would be renaming all the birds under its purview that…

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Science

Why Vultures Might Just Be the Smartest Birds Above the Block

The two lappet-faced vultures had been together for just a few months, yet the massive birds, with their watchful, featherless…

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Science

Scientists Use CRISPR to Make Chickens More Resistant to Bird Flu

A new study highlights both the promise and the limitations of gene editing, as a highly lethal form of avian…

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Science

The Eternal Search for the ‘Nemesis Bird’

For every devoted birder, there is a bird that continues to elude sighting.

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Finance

An Avian Murder Case on a Quiet Back Porch

I open the pantry door and the eastern phoebe flies off the nest. Her cup-shaped home is made of mud,…

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World

New York Birders Reject Audubon Name Over Slavery Past

The association with the naturalist John James Audubon is “problematic” for a local group seeking to be more inclusive.

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