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Tiny Seabird Identified From Single Preserved Specimen

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Bird Features

What's That Bird?

Identify your backyard visitors in a flash! Just answer four simple questions to search our database of 150 backyard birds common to Canada and the U.S.
Bird Pictures

Get right up close to 12 colorful new bird galleries, featuring photos from My Shot members and classic art from the NG archives.
Backyard Birds Quiz

How much do you know about the feathered visitors to your backyard? Put your avian IQ to the test with this quiz.
Raptor Pictures

Feast your eyes on raptor photos, and be thankful you aren't a mouse.
Cardinal

Find out more about a familiar feathered friend. Discover how their brilliant color can mean success with the opposite sex.

Zebra Stripes Are Bug Repellant?

Stripes may do more than help zebras hide in tall grass—the pattern may scramble the vision of bloodsucking horseflies
Violent Monkey Takeover

"This doesn't look good," says a Nat Geo explorer as rivals menace a patriarch. Hours pass, blood spills, and power changes hands. Video.