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Scientists have uncovered a bird's nest believed to be 2,500 years old on a cliff in Greenland. The discovery is the oldest raptor nest ever recorded, and the site is still in use today by gyrfalcons, the largest falcon species in the world. Three other nests, each over 1,000 years old, were also discovered, one of which includes feathers from a bird that lived more than six centuries ago.But ornithologists worry that climate change could soon drive the falcons from these ancient...