We’ve all heard it countless times: Certain species of birds mate for life, including geese, swans, cranes, and eagles. It’s a true statement, for the most part, but it’s only part of the story. Lots of monogamous bird species cheat, and some “divorce”—but at rates much lower than humans. About 90 percent of bird species […]
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Myth: If I touch a baby its parents will abandon it. Sage advice once warned children not to pick up baby birds because the parent birds would smell the human scent and subsequently reject the babies. Or, you might also hear that birds cannot smell, so human scent on baby birds is irrelevant. So which
1. There are 9,567 different bird species alive today. Fossilized remains, however, show that at one time there were more than 150,000 different bird species on this planet. 2. Although the swift can reach speeds of up to 170 mph, most experts agree that the world’s fastest bird is the peregrine falcon. It can fly
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