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Some scientists argue that modern birds are descended from the dinosaurs.
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Admiring the stationery and figurines at the original Webster’s Pharmacy and gawking at the endless array of birds at Steve’s Pets shop.
From Los Angeles Times
The researchers point to earlier work on beaked whale circovirus that suggested a link to immunosuppression, a pattern that aligns with how circoviruses affect some land mammals and birds.
From Science Daily
She often thought of home: her husband and daughter, her small garden and the birds she fed daily with seeds and oranges from her balcony.
From Los Angeles Times
She said people could get involved in different ways such as pollinator monitoring in the spring, creating bug hotels or leaving water for birds in gardens.
From BBC
The coastal city was also the site of a massive oil spill in 1969 that killed thousands of birds, fish and sea mammals, and helped launch the state’s environmental movement.
From Los Angeles Times
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