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The Ten-Month Marathon: Meet the Bird That Lives Its Whole Life in the Clouds

Of all the marvels of the natural world, few are as astonishing as the common swift (Apus apus). These small birds spend ...
Labroots

The Hidden Dangers of Climate Adaptation in Arctic Bird Species

How does climate change influence how birds can adjust to different climate conditions worldwide? This is what a recent study published in Nature Communications hopes to address as a team of ...
Forbes

Meet The Bird That Soars Higher Than Any Other. Hint: It Flies Higher Than Commercial Airplanes

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Most bird species don’t fly above a few thousand feet in ...
The Santa Fe New Mexican

Coming In from the cold: How the last ice age shaped birds and us

When the peaks of the Sangre de Cristo mountains become snowcapped, a flurry of bird adaptations sweeps across the foothills. We marvel at the continent-spanning journeys of migratory birds seeking ...
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The long-billed curlew is a bird with unique adaptations

Within the bird world, there are some crazy adaptations. For instance, there are birds larger than a man that can kick a hole through a car door. There are birds with bizarre and amazing courtship ...