Birds
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Kakapo Parrot
The Kakapo parrot of New Zealand is a unique creature in several ways. Not only is it the world’s heaviest parrot, weighing up to 9 pounds (4 kilograms) but it…
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Facts On Penguins
Facts About Penguins Many penguins live in coastal Antarctica, but none live at the South Pole: the Pole, at the centre of the frozen continent, is too far from the…
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Bald Eagle Numbers on the Rise
The bald eagle probably represents the most successful recovery of an endangered species in North America, if not the entire world. Down to just 417 breeding pairs in the Lower…
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Killer Chickadees and Other Strange Bird Behavior
Just in time for Halloween comes a strange and gruesome tale from a dark cave deep in the forests of Eastern Europe. The killer is an unlikely one: An ordinarily…
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Rain Forest Eagles
The world’s rain forests are home to many species of raptors, or birds of prey, including hawks, owls and eagles. These predatory birds feed on a variety of prey, depending…
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Ivory-billed Woodpecker
The most critically endangered species on our list of the ten most critically endangered animals is the ivory-billed woodpeckers, which lives—or lived—in the Southeastern part of the US as well…
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Endangered Piping Plover
The endangered Great Lakes (US) population of piping plovers gets a boost with some welcome Illinois nestlings . . . while on the other side of the world, scientists report…
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