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Britain deploys drone in war against illegal bird trappers in Cyprus

PoliceonaBritishmilitarybaseinCyprusonThursdaylaunchedtheirlatestweaponinthefightagainstillegalbirdtrappers–-ahigh-techdrone.ArecentstudybyBritain'sRoyalSociety

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Researchers unmask real extent of cuckoo's cunning

Scientistshavediscoveredthecommoncuckoohasevenmorefraudulentcharacteristicsthanpreviouslyknown.Thebirdisnotoriousforevadingparentaldutybyhidinghereggsinthenests

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Saudi imposes temporary ban on poultry imports from Philippines, Laos

SaudiArabiahasimposedatemporarybanonimportinglivebirds,hatchingeggsandchicksfromthePhilippinesandLaosduetobirdfluoutbreaks,theSaudiPressAgencyreportedTuesday.Sa

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Rural structures posing greater relative threat than urban ones

A new study finds that while smaller buildings cause fewer bird deaths than do bigger buildings, larger buildings in rural areas pose a greater threat to birds than if those same-sized buildings were located in an urban area.

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Rural structures posing greater relative threat than urban ones

Anewstudyfindsthatwhilesmallerbuildingscausefewerbirddeathsthandobiggerbuildings,largerbuildingsinruralareasposeagreaterthreattobirdsthanifthosesame-sizedbuildi

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Fossil sheds light on bird evolution after asteroid strike

Thefossilofatinybirdthatlived62millionyearsagoconfirmsthatbirdsevolvedveryrapidlyaftertheasteroidstrikethatwipedoutthedinosaurs.Thesparrow-sizedtree-dwellerlive

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Researchers discover amber holding most completely preserved bird

‍AninternationalteamofscientistshasidentifiedthemostcompletebirdspecimenfoundsofarencasedinBurmeseamber,whichprovidesadetailedlookatyoungbirdsthatlivednearly99m

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S. Korea begins culling 120,000 poultry over bird flu

Quarantine officials began slaughtering about 120,000 poultry Tuesday on the country's southern resort island of Jeju as South Korea raised the bird flu alert to the highest level.

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S. Korea begins culling 120,000 poultry over bird flu

Quarantineofficialsbeganslaughteringabout120,000poultryTuesdayonthecountry'ssouthernresortislandofJejuasSouthKorearaisedthebirdflualerttothehighestlevel."Thecul

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Bird flu-plagued South Korea agrees to buy millions of US eggs

South Korea is in the throes of a bird flu outbreak and for the first time has asked the United States to ship it shell eggs.

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Chinese city suspends poultry trade amid bird flu fears

Wuxi will suspend its poultry trade from Thursday amid fears about bird flu, becoming the second city in Jiangsu province to halt live poultry markets.

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First imported case of bird flu this winter confirmed by Hong Kong health authorities

Hong Kong health authorities have confirmed the first imported case of potentially deadly bird flu this winter season.

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Japan's Hokkaido culls 210,000 chicken following outbreak of bird flu

Japan's Hokkaido prefecture began culling on Saturday some 210,000 chicken at a poultry farm where highly pathogenic bird flu strain had been detected.

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Japan starts culling chickens, ducks after bird flu outbreak-media

​Nov 29 Japan started culling more than 300,000 chickens and ducks after a highly contagious form of bird flu was found in two locations in the north of the country, Kyodo news reported on Tuesday.

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How do birds fly? Chinese feather fossil may hold key to 130-million-year-old question

Discovery of protein in ancient avian specimen could help scientists reconstruct properties of early birds and animals

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Myanmar takes measures to prevent bird flu spread to Mandalay

The Myanmar authorities are taking measures in Mandalay region in a bid to prevent spread of bird flu which broke out in Monywa, northwestern Sagaing region earlier this month by checking regional main border gates, according to an official of the Department of Livestock Breeding Friday

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Bird flu found in droppings of wild ducks in Netherlands

In two samples of droppings from wild ducks around Kamerik, in the province of Utrecht, highly pathogenic bird flu of the H5 type was found, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs announced on Monday night.