The Ancient Honey Hunting Tradition That Depends on a Wild Bird

Although dogs were the first animals to be domesticated by humans, other animals have been cooperating with people in ...
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This wild African bird comes when it's called—and then leads you to honey

Honeyguides are wild birds that team up with humans and then lead them to honey. Researchers recently found that the calls these birds respond to are unique and tied to their location. For example, ...
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Africa’s waterbirds fly the gauntlet of hunger, disease, bullets and human ‘development’

The threats to the migratory movements of land-bound wild animals are quite well known. Boundary fences, busy highways, human settlements and other physical obstacles have increasingly blocked or ...
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Scientists photograph ‘lost bird,’ not seen for decades, during expedition in Africa

KINSHASA, Congo - The yellow-crested helmetshrike is a species of bird categorized as a "lost bird" by the American Bird Conservancy, having not been spotted in the wild in nearly two decades, until ...
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Maryland Zoo’s curator of birds helping revival of African penguin species

The African penguins at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore are in danger of going extinct in the wild, which is one reason why the breeding program is so important. Jen Kottyan, the curator of birds at the ...