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Via Metafilter , we learn that a cross-bench committee of peers of the House of Lords are debating amendments to the planning and infrast...

ped x’ing : an urban hawk takes advantage of a crosswalk signal to shield it from view as it stalks its pigeon bounty—via Clive Thompson’...

Although I’d not sure that the calls and coos of our feathered friends ( see previously ) lack for anything, and who am I to say that birds...

For COP16 held in Cali, Colombia back in October 2024, a team of scientist and musicians went an expedition to nature reserves across th...

peer pressure : Australia proposes a ban on social media for under sixteens  this is the hour of lead : a few cathartic, consoling verses  ...

As Hurricane Helene moved inland levelling destruction across Florida, Georgia and North Carolina from the Gulf of Mexico, satellite radar...

hillbilly eulogy : the producer’s apparent misjudgement in adapting JD Vance’s memoir—and suggestion that Ron Howard might be playing the lo...

zungenbrecher : revisiting the topic of German tongue-twisters whose recitation challenges are also trending on the socials—via Language H...

Previously we’ve visited general corvid intelligence (see previously here and here ) and numeracy in bees —and given the recent disc...

Via Sentence First , we learn how the robin (and its distant American cousin—not closely related) got its name .  Prior to scientific and or...

betteridge’s law : the legacy of Alfred Harmsworth, Viscount Northcliffe, and commoditising fascinating factiods to sell newspapers   conge...

Via Damn Interesting’s Curated Links , not only do we learn that our avian friends also dream , singing silently in their sleep, but res...

Via Miss Cellania , we not only learn the rather elegant physics and chemistry behind those sippy bird toys but also that researchers have ...

caught between the moon and new york city : taking a harrowing subway ride in 1981   homing : Nikola Tesla’s love for pigeons and telepathy...

brownstone : Gotham Gothic rowhouses as playing cards   wall of eyes : Radiohead spinoff artist Jonny Greenwood’s latest album  scrabblegra...

Despite having encountered and cited the extremely apt coinage several times in various contexts beforehand, we realised that we never kne...

This photograph by Nicolas Reusens perfectly frames a male emerald tanager (the informal name above for the Chlorochrysa phoenicotis ) ...

trochilinae : a look at the evolution of evolution of hummingbirds— see previously   uranometria : a comparative study of constellations a...

fit for a king : a selection of ersatz castles for sale in the US  caliology : corvids using anti-bird spikes for nesting material 100º in ...

Via the always excellent Web Curios , we are referred to a genuinely clever idea, too bad it only ships from Australia, in basically an ope...