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• Bald eagle who went viral for incubating rock dies after fierce storms in Missouri

  23-03-2025 17:25
  
  Murphy, who lived to 33, took in a rock in 2023 and tried to hatch it, captivating hearts and later fostering two eagletsMissouri lost an ambassador, role model and community pillar in the violent storms that swept the country on 15 March: a 33-year-old bald eagle named Murphy.Murphy captivated hearts far beyond the midwest and gained national attention in 2023 when he incubated a rock, attempting to hatch it, in a stunt the internet loved. The World Bird Sanctuary in Valley Park, Missouri, wher
  
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• ‘They have no one to follow’: how migrating birds use quantum mechanics to navigate

  23-03-2025 15:00
  
  Evidence is mounting to explain how birds use the Earth’s magnetic field to help fly thousands of miles with unerring accuracy – a discovery that may help advance quantum technologyTo the seasoned ear, the trilling of chiffchaffs and wheatears is as sure a sign of spring as the first defiant crocuses. By March, these birds have started to return from their winter breaks, navigating their way home to breeding grounds thousands of kilometres away – some species returning to home
  
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• Life in the old dog yet: how biotech firms are looking to extend the lives of our pets

  23-03-2025 10:00
  
  If you could increase the lifespan of your pet dog or cat, would you? And what is the real cost of doing so?Last November, my family brought home a puppy. Frankie was eight weeks old when he came to live with us, and right now, watching him bound around with my seven-year-old son, I don’t want to imagine ever saying goodbye to him. Well, maybe I won’t need to, or rather, I can at least kick that day into the long grass, and buy Frankie some extra time. After all, scientific understan
  
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• A pair of doves moved on to my balcony. I wanted them gone – then they started nesting | Nova Weetman

  23-03-2025 00:00
  This time there’s an egg. And I can’t possibly disrupt a family of threeTwo years ago, when I moved into the apartment where I’m still living, a pair of doves moved in too. They started nesting on top of the air conditioning unit on my balcony. It’s up high, so it was often hard to confirm who was home at different times of the day, but I could hear the cooing, the flapping of their wings and the splat of their poo as it hit the concrete below. Some nights they flew in an
  
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