A close household contact of a Missouri patient infected with bird flu fell ill the same day, health officials reported.
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Flappy Bird Creator Dong Nguyen Comes Out of Social Media Retirement to Take a Swing at GameFi
Flappy Birds is back, but without the support of its creator. · The creator of the ultra-addictive mobile-phone game Flappy Bird has disavowed plans to …
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The shoebill stork is our imposing lifeform of the week – EarthSky
The problem is that many birds taken from their native environment and placed in zoos don’t mate, as these animals have specific habitat requirements.
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Attempt to smuggle 78 rare cranes foiled in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – The Express Tribune
The Wildlife Department has also called upon local residents to assist in safeguarding these rare birds. An awareness programme on the illegal hunting …
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Q&A: The U.S. can, and should, do more on H5N1 bird flu, a top WHO official says
The outbreak raises concerns that a virus that is genetically coded to infect wild birds will adapt to be able to more easily infect mammals like …
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Conservationists lead Northern Bald Ibis to wintering grounds – BirdGuides
Zoos have been successful in breeding the species in captivity but, as a species that learns its migration route from older wild birds, establishing …
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New Zealand’s Bird of the Year: A shy penguin wins after campaign filled with memes and tattoos
It’s noisy, smelly, shy – and New Zealand’s bird of the year. The hoiho, or yellow-eyed penguin, won the country’s fiercely fought avian election …
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Amazing moment zoo sets free 49 of Australia’s rarest birds – Yahoo News
After the wild population plummeted to around 50 birds, a captive breeding program was established to try and prevent the extinction of the species.
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Snettisham ringed plover breeding project sees numbers rise – BBC
A project to increase the number of plover birds has been hailed a success. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) said chick …
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What’s the Deal With: the Semiahmoo bird boxes? | Cascadia Daily News
Phil Calise — a Semiahmoo Resort engineer and a self-described bird enthusiast — said he’d seen the birds flying around the Semiahmoo spit, but not …
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