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In these mixed flocks, chickadees are almost always the subordinate individuals, outcompeted by their larger flockmates.


COLOMBO: Eleven pilot whales were saved on Saturday after they became stranded near the shore on the west coast of Sri Lanka, wildlife officials told AFP.

It is infecting wild bird populations across the globe and could potentially infect endangered species.

The Bahama warbler, a small songbird found exclusively on Grand Bahama and Abaco, two islands in the north-east Bahama archipelago only “became” a species in 2010. But due to its limited range and increasingly fragmented habitat, the warbler was immediately treated as a species of conservation concern.

Scientists have so far been unable to work out what exactly it is

Volunteers are working hard to keep numbers of the non-native greys under control

Rare species found in the wild only in northwest Madagascar

Tiny solitary birds struggle during wet, freezing UK winters, but gather in communal roosts to stay warm

We are a species that is superb at killing, says veteran oceanographer, who calls for us to stop treating fish like crops and give them the respect they deserve