Tiny bird found using fake ‘hawk’ calls to scare away threats
A tiny bird in Australia has been spotted using fake hawk alarm calls to scare threats away from their nests to protect their ...
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People ‘just picking up’ starving WA cockatoos as burglars target nests
At what point does a pet become a pest? Meanwhile, here’s why one of Perth’s foremost black cockatoo rehab figures is saying ...
Plastic Triggered a New Geological Epoch—and the Evidence May Be in Bird Nests
Researchers reconstructed the history of an unusual 30-year-old bird nest based on the expiration dates printed on plastic ...
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These Bird Nests Are Full of Trash, Including Some That’s 30 Years Old
Each year, these birds typically build new, bowl-shaped nests using leaves, rushes and reeds. But, while nesting in cities, they often supplement these natural, biodegradable materials with man ...
Plastic trash in bird nests documents the Anthropocene epoch
What if expiration dates could tell us more than when something goes bad? Scientists have found that dates on plastic food ...