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This South American potoo bird can camouflage itself as a branch

This photo shows nature's best camouflage trick as the common potoo bird, snapped in Colombia's Utría National Park, stays still so long it becomes invisible

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34 hen harrier chicks fledged in England in 2018

Environment

Plan to remove hen harrier eggs and raise them in captivity criticised

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Archaeopteryx

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The evolution of Archaeopteryx is stranger than anyone imagined

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Technology

Working hypothesis: from buzzwords to Amazon workers

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Bird feeder

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Putting a bird feeder in your garden really does help wildlife

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The red-billed leiothrix is a non-native species in Hawaii

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Birds introduced to Hawaii have evolved rapidly in just decades

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eagle

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Meet the white-tailed eagles making a comeback in the UK

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Zebra finches on a branch

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Weird chromosome may have spurred evolution of thousands of songbirds

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Sally Wasef (nearest) inspects mummified remains

Life

How did the ancient Egyptians catch and mummify millions of ibises?

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Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus) with wings down and out, flying in the sky against blue sky in the UK

Environment

Have people in the UK really been banned from shooting wood pigeons?

A legal victory means 16 species of bird, including wood pigeons and crows, can no longer be killed with impunity in the UK

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Life

Baby boom for the kakapo, New Zealand’s critically endangered parrot

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Eurasian hoopoes protect their eggs with a dark foul-smelling goo

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Protected hen harriers are vanishing under suspicious circumstances

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Hawkward! ‘Expert’ birdwatchers misidentify common birds as rarities

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