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The Male Sage Grouse’s Elaborate Mating Ritual
The male sage grouse puffs up, pops air sacs, and dances in leks to win over females in a high-stakes mating ritual.
5 unique birds that are excellent at hiding
Several bird species have evolved remarkable camouflage techniques to evade predators and ambush prey. The common potoo ...
The Heartbreaking Last Song of the Now-Extinct Kauaʻi ʻŌʻō Bird
One of the unique aspects of our modern era is the ability to preserve sights and sounds. While an animal’s extinction means ...
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This Is Why You Might Hear Birds Chirping Way Past Bedtime
People are used to hearing birds during the day, which is why many wonder why birds are chirping at night. As it turns out, ...
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Extremely rare bird mating ritual captured at Kessingland
The video, captured by Wildlife Wise Ranger Will Dowe and shows a pair of Avocets performing their rare mating ritual ... Avocets are a protected species of bird, and their populations on ...
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What a week for birds on Cape Cod
This has been one of those rare weeks where enough happened to fuel several weeks of bird reports — a spring nor’easter that ...
Why Colorado Parks and Wildlife wants you to report sightings of this bird
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is looking for more of an endangered bird, known as the plains sharp-tailed grouse, and they want ...
Visiting Alcatraz? These dazzling birds are worth the price of admission
“The birds can go in and out. And they chose to come there.” ...
South Africa’s wattled cranes are no longer critically endangered: why the birds’ numbers are rising
The size of the wattled crane population in KwaZulu-Natal – fewer than 400 birds – makes it incredibly vulnerable to ...