South African gamblers smoke endangered vulture brains for luck

Yup. You read that correctly. I clearly missed out on the best parts of college.

Thank you Impossible Shot writer for alerting me to this absolutely mind-blowingly important story.

Obese Sydney bird sent to birdy bootcamp

HA! It ate too many sausages!

Flashier Great Tit Birds Produce Stronger Sperm

Flashier Great Tit Birds Produce Stronger Sperm


No comments needed. At all. Wow. I mean.... Ok, I'll shut up now.

Baguette Dropped From Bird's Beak Shuts Down The Large Hadron Collider (Really)

File this one under "you just can't make this stuff up"

Apparently, a bird has dropped a piece of bread into the LHC and shut it down once again.

I love the graphic popular science used, so I'm re-posting it (that's blogger talk for stealing).

Big thanks to John G for the tip!

Calif. men accused of smuggling songbirds

Calif. men accused of smuggling songbirds

Crazy, illegal. but somehow also genius.