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Famed fossil isn't a bird after all, analysis says

Famed fossil isn't a bird after all, analysis says

One of the world's most famous fossil creatures, widely considered the earliest known bird, is getting a rude present on the 150th birthday of its discovery: A new analysis suggests it isn't a bird at all....

 

Birds get drunk, fall from sky

There was nothing mysterious about the death of a flock of birds in Romania last week -- they were simply drunk, veterinarians said.

 

FACT CHECK: Mass bird, fish deaths occur regularly

FACT CHECK: Mass bird, fish deaths occur regularly

First, the blackbirds fell out of the sky on New Year's Eve in Arkansas. In recent days, wildlife have mysteriously died in big numbers: 2 million fish in the Chesapeake Bay, 150 tons of red tilapia in Vietnam, 40,000 crabs in Britain and other places across the world.

 

Scientists: Beak deformities increase in Northwest

Scientists: Beak deformities increase in Northwest

Scientists have observed the highest rate of beak abnormalities ever recorded in wild bird populations in Alaska and the Northwest, a study by ...

 

Birds use feathers 'to touch'

Birds may use their feathers for touch - to feel their surroundings just as cats use their whiskers, scientists find.

 

Woman trades kids for bird, police say

Woman trades kids for bird, police say

Trading two children for a bird landed three people in jail in Louisiana, authorities say.

 

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