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Birdwatching may reshape the brain and build its buffer against ageing

Expert birdwatchers have changes in their brain structure compared with novices, which probably help them better identify birds and may even protect against age-related cognitive decline

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Ancient Peruvian civilisation grew mighty by harvesting guano

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Bird retinas work without oxygen, and now scientists know how

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Screengrab from LISTERS: A Glimpse Into Extreme Birdwatching

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�鶹��ý recommends this extreme birdwatching documentary

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We may finally know why birds sing at dawn

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20 bird species can understand each other’s anti-cuckoo call

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Early penguins may have used dagger-like beaks to skewer prey

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Pg. 89, Robert Clark, Flamingo

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Birds dazzle and amaze in stunning new photographs

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Southern Lakes Sanctuary field rangers install a line of stoat traps in the Kea Basin. Stoats are a particular threat to indigenous alpine species including Kea, Rock Wren as well as the endangered flightless Takahe which also spend time in alpine areas. Southern Lakes Sanctuary is a consortium of regional conservation groups involved in the suppression of predators that threaten New Zealand's indigenous species.

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Documenting the battle to protect New Zealand's endangered birds

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Environment

Extreme heat is driving dramatic declines in tropical birds

The numbers of many tropical birds are plummeting, and now it has been shown that heat extremes intensified by global warming are the biggest factor driving these declines

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Cockatoos have an impressively wide repertoire of dance moves

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The secret to what makes colours pop on dazzling songbirds

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Ancient ‘terror birds’ may have been no match for hungry giant caimans

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Flamboyance of flamingos reflected on the surface of Turkey's Lake Tuz

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