Tag: Birds

Do animals fall for optical illusions? What fish and birds can educate us about notion

The well-known Ebbinghaus phantasm, named for its discoverer, the German psychologist Hermann…

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“Mother Pigeon,” the Artist Combating to Save NYC’s City Birds

Pigeons are disappearing from Maria Hernandez Park in Brooklyn, and one artist…

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Documenting India’s Distinctive Birdhouses

Some years ago, while exploring Bhuj, a small city in Gujarat, India’s…

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A Portrait of South Georgia: Abundance, Exploitation, Recovery

Sally Poncet first came to South Georgia in 1977. Back then, she…

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The Transfixing Beauty of Starling Murmurations

It was a late February evening in 2020, and I was standing…

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Japan Saved Red-Crowned Cranes. Can They Survive Without Humans?

KUSHIRO, Japan — The dance of the red-crowned cranes commenced, an impromptu…

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Avian Flu Spread in the US Worries Poultry Industry

The 2014-15 outbreak is considered the most destructive in the nation’s history.…

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Six Days Afloat in the Everglades

From a distance, the mouth of the creek was indistinguishable from the…

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