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Like Learning To Drive: Bird Dads Guide Young On First Migration

By Martin M Barillas The males of a migratory bird species not only defend their young from danger but also lead them on their inaugural winter migration. A team of researchers from Scandinavia and the United Kingdom studied the Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia) and published their results in the journal Nature Communications. The Caspian tern […]

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