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Wildlife Messengers @wildlifemessengers.org · 23/08/2026

Our new video abstract about a community-based cockatoo conservation in Indonesia is now on YouTube! youtu.be/NIRis1g6NaY Narration and translations were made in partnership with @elevenlabs.io #ElevenLabs #stopparrottrade

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Feathers, taboos, and conservation: Indigenous cockatoo protection on Seram Island, Indonesia

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 20/08/2026

On Indonesia’s Seram Island, the Huaulu Indigenous community is adapting a centuries-old coming-of-age ritual to protect the endangered salmon-crested cockatoo. Instead of hunting birds for ceremonial feathers, they now use naturally shed ones from rescue centers. @basten.bsky.social reports.

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On an Indonesian island, an ancient ritual evolves to protect an endangered cockatoo

An Indigenous community on Indonesia’s Seram Island is preserving a centuries-old coming-of-age ritual while helping protect the endangered salmon-crested cockatoo, a new study has found. The study,…

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Science Magazine @science.org · 12/03/2026

On Peru’s arid coast, some ancient elites signaled their power and standing by wearing headdresses festooned with brilliantly colored feathers from birds found in distant rainforests. A new study reveals how they acquired these showy ornaments more than 800 years ago. scim.ag/4sJOOZf

Ancient Peruvians transported live parrots across the Andes
Pre-Inca elites wore headdresses made of feathers from Amazonian macaws

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Nature @nature.com · 10/03/2026

Ancient DNA and other clues from feathers found in modern Peru hint that the ancient Ychsma culture imported birds from the distant Amazon go.nature.com/4rWhOge

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Live parrots were carried across the Andes before the Incas’ rise

Ancient DNA and other clues from feathers found in modern Peru hint that the ancient Ychsma culture imported birds from the distant Amazon.

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Ecology and Evolution @ecol-evol.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Authors of new paper on Orb-Weaver #spiders building 'fake spiders' in their webs discuss their work in this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDyS...

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Spider Art or Survival? 🕷️ The Mystery of Cyclosa's Fake Spiders | Video Abstract

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