ACanadianteamfoundseveralbraingenesthatmakewildbirdsclevererthanothersatforagingforfoodarelinkedwiththosemakinghumansintelligent,whichprovidesaninsightintotheev
Chinaistreadingcautiouslytoboostecotourismtoprotectmillionsofmigratorybirdsandvastswathesofwetlands.Forcenturies,China’sfood-richintertidalmudflatsaroundtheYell
China’sdecisiontobanlandreclamationissettoboostthebreedingofendangeredmigratorybirds.Everyyear,migratorybirdslikereddish-brownSpoonbillSandpipersflockatTiaozini
TheredkitehasbecomemorecommonintheUKinthepast30years,thankstoconservationschemes.But,whilenumbersofthebirdsofpreyareontherise,scientistssayhumanfactorsthreatent
Birdsareoneofthemostbeautifulspeciesintheworld.Thereare160,000kindsofbirds,andthetertiaryperiodistheGoldenAgeforbirds.However,thereareonlynomorethan10,000kindso
ByAPDwriterRishikaChauhanNEWDELHI,September26(APD)-AccordingtolatestdataobtainedfromIndia’sDirectorateGeneralofCivilAviation(DGCA),birdsoranimalshitaircraftmore
ThePhilippineswilldeployhundredsoftroopstohastenacullofabout600,000fowl,thefarmministersaidonWednesday,aspartofeffortstoreinintheSoutheastAsiannation'sfirstoutb
A new study finds that while smaller buildings cause fewer bird deaths than do bigger buildings, larger buildings in rural areas pose a greater threat to birds than if those same-sized buildings were located in an urban area.
Anewstudyfindsthatwhilesmallerbuildingscausefewerbirddeathsthandobiggerbuildings,largerbuildingsinruralareasposeagreaterthreattobirdsthanifthosesame-sizedbuildi
AgannetbonanzahasbeenconfirmedonthetoweringcliffsofYorkshirebyresearchfromtheRSPB.AsurveyshowsthecliffsaroundFlamboroughHeadandFileyarehometo412,000seabirdsincl
Thefossilofatinybirdthatlived62millionyearsagoconfirmsthatbirdsevolvedveryrapidlyaftertheasteroidstrikethatwipedoutthedinosaurs.Thesparrow-sizedtree-dwellerlive
Thelivesoundsofsingingbirds,croakingfrogsandhedgehogsburrowingintofoliagehavebecomeasurprisehitonCzechradio.BroadcastingfromaforestinthesouthwestoftheCzechRepub
Seven in 10 birds offered for sale in shops in Singapore are species not native or previously native to Singapore, raising concerns over the dangers of a poorly run trade and overharvesting, a study has found.
Nov 29 Japan started culling more than 300,000 chickens and ducks after a highly contagious form of bird flu was found in two locations in the north of the country, Kyodo news reported on Tuesday.
Several European countries have reported outbreaks of a severe strain of bird flu, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Thursday, while France raised safety checks to counter the virus which can have a major impact on farmers.
German scientists have found definitive proof for the first time that great frigatebirds can sleep during their long-distance flight.
Zhang Shengyuan is a "bird man". The 57-year-old lives in a double-decker boat inside the Yangchaihu section of Honghu Lake in central China's Hubei Province. Every day, he patrols the lake in a canoe, watching birds and noting species and population numbers, and, more importantly, protecting them against hunters.