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ScienceDaily | 2/24/2020 | StaffMammals such as the Asian elephant and the Sumatran rhinoceros, and birds such as the great Indian bustard, Amsterdam albatross and the Somali ostrich are both highly threatened and ecologically...
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Popular Science | 2/21/2020 | Staff
Today, rising temperatures are causing some birds to migrate earlier each spring. Such research remains in its infancy, Somveille says, because there isn’t a unified understanding of how different...
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Mail Online | 2/20/2020 | Jonathan Chadwick For Mailonline
Birds learn to avoid potentially toxic and distasteful food by watching the behaviour of other birds, a study has found. UK-based researchers played blue tits and great tits videos of other birds...
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phys.org | 2/19/2020 | Staff
By watching videos of each other eating, blue tits and great tits can learn to avoid foods that taste disgusting and are potentially toxic, a new study has found.
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Mail Online | 2/18/2020 | Stacy Liberatore For Dailymail.com
It’s that time of year when hundreds of bird species embark on their journey back to North America after spending the winter months in warm climates - and a massive flock was captured on a weather...
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Mail Online | 2/14/2020 | Ryan Morrison For Mailonline
The ancestors of modern birds living in Canada 75 million-years-ago became warm blooded very early in their evolution, a study of dinosaur eggshells revealed. Experts from the Hebrew University of...
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phys.org | 9/4/2019 | Staff
Every social network has its fake news. And in animal communication networks, even birds discern the trustworthiness of their neighbors, a study from the University of Montana suggests.
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Christ and Pop Culture | 2/14/2020 | Seeing and Believing
The guys are back on the comic-book beat this week! Harley Quinn isn’t exactly a superhero or a supervillain in Cathy Yan’s Birds of Prey, but the Margot Robbie-starring film still looks to have...
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/Film | 2/13/2020 | Peter Sciretta
On the February 13, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, senior writer Ben Pearson and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris...
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Mail Online | 2/12/2020 | Hannah Skellern For Dailymail.com
The Harley Quinn spin-off Birds of Prey has been renamed after an abyssal opening weekend at the box office. The DC superhero film's name was simplified from Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous...
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IndieWire | 2/12/2020 | Staff
Usually, when a studio greenlights a comic-book spin-off, it’s as close to sure-fire as you can get. Even Todd Phillips’ risky R-rated origin myth “Joker,” starring Oscar-winner Joaquin Phoenix as a...
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The Daily Caller | 2/11/2020 | Staff
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) discovered a package of dead birds in the luggage of a passenger traveling on a flight from China to Washington, D.C. CBP said in a statement that the package...
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New York Post | 2/10/2020 | Staff
What a birdbrain! A bag of dead birds was discovered by US Customs and Border Patrol in the luggage of a passenger who traveled from China to a Washington, DC-area airport, authorities said.
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www.oann.com | 3/13/2019 | Staff
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Rovio Entertainment, the maker of the 10-year-old “Angry Birds” mobile game series, reported on Wednesday a 96% drop in its quarterly profit year-on-year, burdened by its 5G...
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Rare | 2/11/2020 | Silke Jasso
A package of tiny dead birds passed off as “pet food” was confiscated by customs agents at a Virginia airport. U.S. Customs and Border Protection stated the package came into Dulles International...
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/Film | 2/11/2020 | Slashfilmcast
It’s the first day of the new format! David, Devindra, Jeff and Angie Han, deputy entertainment editor @mashable, jump straight into a feature review of Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous...
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phys.org | 9/20/2018 | Staff
As high-rise cities grow upwards and outwards, increasing numbers of birds die by crashing into glass buildings each year. And of course many others break beaks, wings and legs or suffer other...
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Breitbart | 2/11/2020 | Staff
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized a package of dead birds from a passenger arriving from China at Dulles International Airport in Virginia, preventing what could have led to the spread...
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Mail Online | 2/11/2020 | Emily Crane For Dailymail.com
A package of tiny dead birds hidden in a passenger's bag has been confiscated by Customs agents at a Virginia airport. U.S. Customs and Border Protection intercepted the package at Dulles...
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Breaking911 | 2/10/2020 | Staff
STERLING, Va. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists recently seized a package of tiny dead birds in a passenger’s baggage at Washington Dulles International Airport.
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www.cbp.gov | 2/10/2020 | Staff
STERLING, Va. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists recently seized a package of tiny dead birds in a passenger’s baggage at Washington Dulles International Airport.
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Popular Science | 2/10/2020 | Staff
While the press release about the rule contains a long list of industry representatives cheering the change, former wildlife officials argue that enforcement of the MBTA was not as antagonistic as...
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CNET | 2/9/2020 | Staff
Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn. Claudette Barius/Warner Bros. Batman - V - Superman - Dawn - Justice Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice showed that even trash superhero movies can draw big money.
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CNET | 2/7/2020 | Staff
Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez and director Cathy Yan on the set of Birds of Prey. Claudette Barius/Warner Bros. Wonder - Woman - Captain - Marvel - Barriers Until Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel broke...
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PEOPLE.com | 2/7/2020 | Staff
Margot Robbie had a blast making Birds of Prey — and she also made an inspirational friend in one of her costars. While speaking with People NOW, the actress was asked which actor in the film was...
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CNET | 2/7/2020 | Staff
Harley Quinn knows a "super-duper secret-secret." Warner Bros. Harley - Quinn - DC - Extended - Universe Harley Quinn unites the DC Extended Universe's first all-female superhero team in director...
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CNET | 2/7/2020 | Staff
Harley Quinn has a whole lot of fun in Birds of Prey. And you will too. Warner Bros. DC - Extended - Universe - Movie - Feels Going into a DC Extended Universe movie always feels like rolling the...
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Wired | 2/7/2020 | Graeme McMillan
The colorful tornado of violence, chaos, and glitter that is Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) is arriving in theaters this weekend after a devastatingly long...
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CNET | 2/7/2020 | Staff
Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez and director Cathy Yan on the set of Birds of Prey. Claudette Barius/Warner Bros. Wonder - Woman - Captain - Marvel - Barriers Until Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel broke...
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CNET | 2/6/2020 | Staff
Harley Quinn knows a "super-duper secret-secret." Warner Bros. Harley - Quinn - DC - Extended - Universe Harley Quinn unites the DC Extended Universe's first all-female superhero team in director...
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Mail Online | 2/6/2020 | Brian Gallagher For Dailymail.com
Warner Bros.' new DC Comics adaptation Birds of Prey has screened for the first wave of critics, and the reactions are overwhelmingly positive. While the first full reviews won't be published until...
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CNET | 2/5/2020 | Staff
Harley Quinn has a whole lot of fun in Birds of Prey. And you will too. Warner Bros. DC - Extended - Universe - Movie - Feels Going into a DC Extended Universe movie always feels like rolling the...
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TVLine | 2/5/2020 | Pilot Viruet
One of the exciting things about the upcoming Birds of Prey movie is getting to see Harley Quinn on her own, instead of as Joker’s sidekick. But if you can’t wait, there’s already a series that...
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/Film | 2/4/2020 | Ben Pearson
On the February 4, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film writer Hoai-Tran Bui to discuss the latest film and TV news, including the favorite to win Best...
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ScienceDaily | 1/31/2020 | StaffBut a recent Washington State University study published in Biological Reviews on Jan. 31 has found scant evidence to support the link between wild birds and human illness involving those three...
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/Film | 1/31/2020 | Peter Sciretta
On the January 31, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman and senior writer Ben Pearson to discuss the latest film and tv news,...
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phys.org | 1/3/2020 | Staff
When food makes people sick, some blame birds because they hang around farms, and their feces can contain E. coli, Salmonella and Campylobacter, three common pathogens that can cause food-borne...
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earthsky.org | 1/31/2020 | Eleanor Imster
Scientists have named the newly identified cat-sized dinosaur Wulong bohaiensis. The word wulong is Chinese for dancing dragon. The creature is thought to have had feathered wings and a feathered...
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CNET | 1/29/2020 | Staff
Margot Robbie plays Harley Quinn, unlikely leader of a squad of anti-heroes. Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) seemed to have the odds against it: an all-female...
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phys.org | 3/22/2016 | StaffTougher early lives could help captive-bred game birds develop survival skills for adulthood in the wild, new research suggests. Captive-bred pheasants and partridges start life in unnatural...
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ScienceDaily | 1/27/2020 | Staff"This research could explain why tigers have a much smoother walk than crocodiles, which lumber and drag their abdomens, and perhaps one reason why today's humans have evolved to walk with such...
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Osprey chick from DORSET spotted in The Gambia offers hope that the birds may recolonise southern UKMail Online | 1/27/2020 | Ian Randall For Mailonline
An osprey chick has been spotted in The Gambia after it migrated 4,000 miles from Dorset, England where it had been introduced as part of a conservation programme.
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Popular Science | 1/24/2020 | Staff
In the States, it would likely be more challenging to implement such a system, says Anne Fairbrother, an ecotoxicologist with Exponent, a consulting company. “Most states don’t even collect data in...
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WREG.com | 7/18/2019 | + encodeURIComponent(bob_story_author) +
The Birds Aren't Real billboard will be at the Highland Strip during the month of July. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A new movement is accusing politicians of spreading lies through tweets — literally.
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Mail Online | 1/22/2020 | Jonathan Chadwick For Mailonline
Three incredibly preserved dinosaur eggs found in China reveal the eggs of oviraptorids hatched in a similar way to modern-day birds. The fossilised remains were studied by a team of German...
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Mail Online | 1/20/2020 | Reuters;James Pero For Dailymail.com
Well-preserved fossils of a newly discovered species that scientist are calling 'dancing dragon' are shedding new light on evolutionary gaps between dinosaurs and birds.
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Wired | 1/20/2020 | Eric Niiler
We like to think modern culture moves at a dizzying pace, fueled by a relentless parade of new works of music, literature, and technological design. Change in nature, by contrast, seems to follow a...
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livescience.com | 1/20/2020 | Mindy Weisberger
What do sparrows, geese and owls have in common with a velociraptor or the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex? All can trace their origins to a bipedal, mostly meat-eating group of dinosaurs called theropods...
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phys.org | 11/12/2019 | Staff
A new species of feathered dinosaur has been discovered in China, and described by American and Chinese authors and published today in the journal, The Anatomical Record.
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TechCrunch | 1/16/2020 | Staff
Try as they might, even the most advanced roboticists on Earth struggle to recreate the effortless elegance and efficiency with which birds fly through the air. The “PigeonBot” from Stanford...
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Kobe Bryant's Big Sister Gets Tribute Tattoo for Kobe and Gianna In the past few weeks, a bunch of people who knew Kobe and...
Legacies' Film-Noir Episode Photos Are Simply Show-Stopping Legacies has pulled off some really cool episodes this season, but...
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Penguin Attacks Man! A bold penguin takes this man by surprise when he approaches the animal. The penguin rushes at him making...
Sheep Plays in Tire Swing! This sheep might have ended up in this tire swing by mistake, but she is clearing having a great...
Kitesurfer Launches Off Balcony, Just Making the Water! This kitesurfer is living dangerously, launching his kite from a...
Tiny Fish Trapped in Water Droplet! It isn't as uncommon as you might imagine for small fish to become trapped in drops of...
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