Do Pigeons Navigate with Their Liver?
Animals use a variety of navigational strategies, such as memorizing important locations and tracking the stars. The Earth’s magnetic field serves as a compass...
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Which Birds Relative to Body Size Lay the Largest and Smallest Eggs?
Each female emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) lays one large egg. Initially, both sexes share in incubating the egg by carrying it on his or her feet and covering...
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Which Creatures Can Maintain a Steady Body Temperature?
No matter what the temperature outside is, warm-blooded animals can maintain a steady internal body temperature. Warm blooded animals include birds and mammals. In...
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How Did Canaries Help Coal Miners?
There was a time when coal miners wouldn’t set foot in a coal mine without a canary present. Canaries protected them from a danger that lurks in the mines—carbon...
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Why Do Birds Take Baths?
Birds love having water around for bathing and drinking. They too lose water, through respiration and in their droppings. Most small birds need to drink at least twice...
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