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Two Guam kingfisher chicks that hatched at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh are part of a program to help restore the bird ...

The two birds are almost impossible to distinguish by sight.

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The African jacana is a remarkable bird that cares deeply about its young. Given the dangers beneath the water they walk through, they carry their babies under their wings. When they carry their ...

The mighty Andean condor – the heaviest bird of prey in the world and the raptor with the longest wingspan – needs little ...