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Ancient relative of geese is the earliest known modern bird

A newly analysed fossil skull settles a palaeontological debate over Vegavis iaai, confirming it as a relative of ducks and geese that lived 69 million years ago

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Franconian Trumpeter.

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Fancy pigeons flaunt their feathers in this striking photo series

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A pigeon looks in the photographer's camera in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on November 17, 2016. / AFP / dpa / Frank Rumpenhorst / Germany OUT (Photo credit should read FRANK RUMPENHORST/DPA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Pigeons are misunderstood: These little-known facts will prove why

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ITALY. Venice. A tourist takes a picture while pigeons surround her. 2005.

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The amazing talents of pigeons – and why we should learn to love them

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Robotic pigeon reveals how birds fly without a vertical tail fin

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Exquisite bird fossil provides clues to the evolution of avian brains

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Migratory birds can use Earth's magnetic field like a GPS

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Red kite

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Red kites and buzzards are being killed by misuse of rat poisons

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Dinosaurs may have run like emus by keeping one foot on the ground

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A selection of elaborate birds' nests from around the world

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A selection of elaborate birds' nests from around the world

These photos showcase some of the intricately created birds' nests found in the Natural History Museum in Tring, UK, home to one of the world's largest ornithological collections

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We now know how kestrels stay perfectly still while hovering

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Bird deaths from building strikes may be double past estimates

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The inside story of heroic efforts to save three bird species

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Photos of an island paradise reveal plastic threat for bird population

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