Country diary: it clung like a stilt walker to its wavering perches
Farlington Marshes, Hampshire Gazing into the reedbeds, scanning for bearded tits, felt a lot like looking at a magic eye puzzle
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Two become one: two raven lineages merge in ‘speciation reversal’
After up to two million years of separate evolution, two types of common raven have been ‘caught in the act’ of consolidation, say scientists
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SHOULD THERE BE ZOOS?
Meera Ahuja In older times, animals and birds were kept in cages- menageries for combat sporting and also as a status symbols. Slaves were also sometimes caged along with... Read more
‘Pesky little birds’: corella culls planned in Western Australia
Wild flocks bred from aviary escapees pose threat to local species and ‘don’t just eat, they destroy’, mayor says
Read moreHow the plight to save a bird species shows how to bridge the red/blue divide
A plan to save the sage grouse was a rare instance where ranchers, the timber industry, scientists, landowners and environmentalists all agreed on something
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