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H7N9 Avian Flu Virus Outbreak In China Kills Dozens; Country Remains Calm
By Beth Vargas | Feb 21, 2017 08:00 PM ESTThis year the bird flu virus hits China again with outbreak in different provinces.
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World's Oldest Known Albatross Is Breeding At 64!
By Peter R | Dec 01, 2015 04:30 PM ESTThe Laysan albatross Wisdom was spotted at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.
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Birds Choose Love Over Food, Study Finds
By R. Siva Kumar | Nov 14, 2015 01:58 PM ESTA novel study found that birds tend to opt for their partners rather than food.
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Puffins and Turtle Doves on the Verge of Extinction
By Kanika Gupta | Oct 30, 2015 10:17 AM EDTAtlantic Puffins and European Turtle Doves are amongst the species that have been named as the endangered species for birds by the International Union for Conservation of Nature
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Finally An Explanation Of How Dinosaurs Turned Into Birds And Learned To Fly
By Kamal Nayan | Sep 29, 2014 01:17 PM EDTDinosaurs did not evolve into birds in one swift transformation, but through one small step at a time, suggests a new study.
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Dinosaurs Slowly Evolved Into Birds, Researchers Say
By Kamal Nayan | Aug 03, 2014 12:03 PM EDTAfter 'shrinking and shrinking' for 50 million years, dinosaurs evolved into birds to survive, according to a new study.
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Common Pesticide Responsible For Declining Bird Populations
By Kamal Nayan | Jul 10, 2014 07:49 AM EDTAreas with high concentrations of imidacloprid - a widely used insecticide - had fewer birds, according to a new analysis.
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Noise From Our Electronics 'Disrupts Bird Navigation'
By Kamal Nayan | May 08, 2014 09:18 AM EDTInterference from electronics and AM radio signals can disrupt the internal magnetic compasses of migratory birds, according to a new study.
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Finally Darwin's Finches Have Humans On Their Side
By Kamal Nayan | May 06, 2014 10:15 AM EDTOn the Galapagos Islands where Darwin's finches reside, (tiny birds are so called because these inspired Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection) humans have come forward to provide them life-saving assist.
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Scientists Explain Mystery Behind Birds Flying In a V Formation
By Kamal Nayan | Jan 17, 2014 11:20 AM ESTWhile flying, migrating birds carefully position their wingtips in V-formation to improve the flock's aerodynamics and conserve energy, according to a new study.
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Oldest Birds' Footprints Found; Proof that Bird and Dinosaur Commingled
By Jennifer Broderick | Oct 28, 2013 08:13 PM EDTPaleontologists stumbled upon a discovery which proves that birds lived alongside dinosaurs, about 100 million years in the past. In a slab of rock recovered from the cliffs of Dinosaur Cove, a fossil-rich area on the coast of southern Victoria near Melbourne in Australia, scientists found what is now considered the oldest bird footprints - dating back from Early Cretaceous period.
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Researchers Found Flu Virus in Elephant Seals
By Cheri Cheng | May 16, 2013 02:09 PM EDTResearchers found the pandemic H1N1 flu virus in marine animals.
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Researchers Link Influenza in Pigs and Birds to 1968 Strain that Killed a Million People
By Cheri Cheng | May 11, 2013 12:35 PM EDTResearchers found that some current strains of influenza in birds and pigs could potentially lead to a pandemic.
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Vultures Devour Woman Within Minutes of Her Death
By Cheri Cheng | May 07, 2013 02:53 PM EDTVultures ate an entire woman's body just minutes after her death.
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WHO States No Evidence Found of Bird Flu Spreading Between Humans
By Cheri Cheng | Apr 08, 2013 12:54 PM EDTWHO stated that the H7N9 virus in China, which has killed seven people already, cannot be spread via human-to-human contact.
