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A lovely fresco painted about 3,500 years ago on the island of Santorini, Greece, shows a pair of swallows dancing in the air, their beaks about to touch as they whirl around. It is spring, and the ...

Birds are amazing beings. They're smart and emotional, and rapidly accumulating data from detailed research shows they have advanced and highly evolved cognitive capacities. Psychology Today writers ...

Birdwatchers know the frustration of spotting a species you can’t identify. You’re gallivanting about, looking high and low for winged critters. Some you know, some you can figure out, and some haunt ...

Robert Sundell, a local ornithologist and biology professor who was working on a manuscript of his notes on local birds before passing away in 2017. The book has recently been published by his friends ...

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