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A flock of seagulls hovers over a landfill site

Technology

Detective gulls sniff out illegally dumped trash from the skies

Attracted by the smell of ripe organic waste, seagulls fitted with GPS trackers led scientists to hard-to-spot illegal dumping sites

News

A crow stands on a branch holding a twig in its beak

Life

Crows are first animals spotted using tools to carry objects

News

Two cranes in wetland with chick in the middle

Life

Whooping crane recovery puts human chick 'parents' out of a job

News

White storks feeding on landfill site

Life

Storks dine out on giant landfill sites instead of migrating

Regulars

hummingbird

Life

Hummingbirds’ unique way of seeing prevents them from crashing

News

Starving bald eagle chicks hint at ecosystem collapse in Florida

Life

Starving bald eagle chicks hint at ecosystem collapse in Florida

News

giant frigatebird on the wing

Life

Roller-coasting birds soar for months and may snooze while aloft

News

A round, smooth lump of amber in which a fossilised wing can be seen

Life

Beautifully preserved feathers belonged to tiny flying dinosaurs

News

Two budgies sit on a branch facing one another

Life

Budgies use grammar to find meaning in unfamiliar phrases

News

diving duck

Life

Eider duck caught diving beneath the Norwegian waves

This snap of a male eider plunging below the surface was photographer Pål Hermansen’s favourite shot after three years photographing the birds

Regulars

Life

Culture picks: Time to spring-clean your mind

Culture

Earth

Earlier ice melt in the Arctic cuts survival of birds in Africa

News

Environment

Smallest perching bird’s long-lost family revealed by genetics

News

Life

Common UK migrating birds are arriving earlier or leaving later

News

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