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See the fluorescing tail feathers of a male emperor bird-of-paradise

Birds-of-paradise are known for their bright colours and courtship displays. Now, it turns out that many species also have body parts that fluoresce

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Quail-sized feathered dinosaur may be the earliest known bird

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Ancient relative of geese is the earliest known modern bird

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Franconian Trumpeter.

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Fancy pigeons flaunt their feathers in this striking photo series

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A pigeon looks in the photographer's camera in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on November 17, 2016. / AFP / dpa / Frank Rumpenhorst / Germany OUT (Photo credit should read FRANK RUMPENHORST/DPA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Pigeons are misunderstood: These little-known facts will prove why

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ITALY. Venice. A tourist takes a picture while pigeons surround her. 2005.

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The amazing talents of pigeons – and why we should learn to love them

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Robotic pigeon reveals how birds fly without a vertical tail fin

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Exquisite bird fossil provides clues to the evolution of avian brains

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Migratory birds can use Earth's magnetic field like a GPS

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Red kite

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Red kites and buzzards are being killed by misuse of rat poisons

Campaigners are calling for stricter controls on rodenticides after finding that birds of prey in England are increasingly being exposed to high doses of rat poison

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Dinosaurs may have run like emus by keeping one foot on the ground

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A selection of elaborate birds' nests from around the world

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We now know how kestrels stay perfectly still while hovering

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Bird deaths from building strikes may be double past estimates

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