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Steep decline of wasps and other flying nasties is a bad sign

Aphids, midges and wasps are being added to the list of rapidly vanishing insects. It’s another alarming sign of a sixth mass extinction, says Olive Heffernan

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Technology

Drone designers accidentally explain colour of albatross wings

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Ostriches on the savanna

Life

Why the ostrich is the only living animal with four kneecaps

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Secret lifestyle of the dodo revealed for the first time

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Secret lifestyle of the dodo revealed for the first time

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Australian black swan

Life

Mysterious mega-swan once waddled through New Zealand

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Man amid cluster of fake ducks on the sand

Life

Fake duck test shows drones and AI beat humans at bird census

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Raven

Life

Ravens can plan for future as well as 4-year-old children can

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A veery thrush in the midst of singing its swinging song

Life

Swinging birds play with rhythm like jazz musicians

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Dinosaur fossils

Life

Chinese dinosaurs make a historic trip to the UK

Culture

Banded Ground-Cuckoo (Neomorphus radiolosus) perched on a branch in Ecuador, South America.

Life

Cuckoos mimic the sound of musk hogs to avoid being eaten

The ground cuckoo makes a noise very similar to that used by pig-like peccaries to warn off predatory cats, which could be evidence of acoustic mimicry

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Life

Magpies recruited to safeguard vineyards from grape-eating birds

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Life

Birds play sick jungle beat with drumsticks they make themselves

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Life

Birds use cigarette butts for chemical warfare against ticks

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Life

Bird eggs may be shaped by the way their mother flies

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