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Country diary: The return of wood warblers here is bittersweet

What a fine sight it is to see one throwing its head back in song, especially after a 50-year absence. Yet this is a journey of vulnerability ...

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This 3-Ounce Falcon Is Upending What We Know About Raptors

Scientists have long assumed raptors need vast territories to raise their young, but a tiny falcon barely heavier than a golf ball is forcing researchers to tear up that assumption and start over.

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Elephant bird: Madagascar's giant flightless bird that laid the largest eggs in Earth's history

For centuries, stories circulated about enormous birds linked to distant islands and unexplored lands. Some travellers heard ...

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“It's deadlier than cyanide and causes paralysis and death. And, unfortunately, there's no known antidote..." 8 most poisonous BIRDS on the planet

If you’re thinking of some enormous flying creature with teeth or talons carrying deadly venom, you’ll need to reign in your imagination. No known bird actively injects or produces venom – but the ...

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Country diary: The return of wood warblers here is bittersweet

This 3-Ounce Falcon Is Upending What We Know About Raptors

Elephant bird: Madagascar's giant flightless bird that laid the largest eggs in Earth's history

“It's deadlier than cyanide and causes paralysis and death. And, unfortunately, there's no known antidote..." 8 most poisonous BIRDS on the planet

Check out some of the remarkable pictures that wowed Nat Geo's photo editors this month

This 17th-Century Flemish Painting Held A Gnarly Bat Secret

These tiny birds fly up to 13,000 kilometres and still reunite in the same part of Africa