PoliceonaBritishmilitarybaseinCyprusonThursdaylaunchedtheirlatestweaponinthefightagainstillegalbirdtrappers–-ahigh-techdrone.ArecentstudybyBritain'sRoyalSociety
Scientistshavediscoveredthecommoncuckoohasevenmorefraudulentcharacteristicsthanpreviouslyknown.Thebirdisnotoriousforevadingparentaldutybyhidinghereggsinthenests
SaudiArabiahasimposedatemporarybanonimportinglivebirds,hatchingeggsandchicksfromthePhilippinesandLaosduetobirdfluoutbreaks,theSaudiPressAgencyreportedTuesday.Sa
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
Thefossilofatinybirdthatlived62millionyearsagoconfirmsthatbirdsevolvedveryrapidlyaftertheasteroidstrikethatwipedoutthedinosaurs.Thesparrow-sizedtree-dwellerlive
AninternationalteamofscientistshasidentifiedthemostcompletebirdspecimenfoundsofarencasedinBurmeseamber,whichprovidesadetailedlookatyoungbirdsthatlivednearly99m
Quarantine officials began slaughtering about 120,000 poultry Tuesday on the country's southern resort island of Jeju as South Korea raised the bird flu alert to the highest level.
Quarantineofficialsbeganslaughteringabout120,000poultryTuesdayonthecountry'ssouthernresortislandofJejuasSouthKorearaisedthebirdflualerttothehighestlevel."Thecul
South Korea is in the throes of a bird flu outbreak and for the first time has asked the United States to ship it shell eggs.
Wuxi will suspend its poultry trade from Thursday amid fears about bird flu, becoming the second city in Jiangsu province to halt live poultry markets.
Hong Kong health authorities have confirmed the first imported case of potentially deadly bird flu this winter season.
Japan's Hokkaido prefecture began culling on Saturday some 210,000 chicken at a poultry farm where highly pathogenic bird flu strain had been detected.
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.
Discovery of protein in ancient avian specimen could help scientists reconstruct properties of early birds and animals
The Myanmar authorities are taking measures in Mandalay region in a bid to prevent spread of bird flu which broke out in Monywa, northwestern Sagaing region earlier this month by checking regional main border gates, according to an official of the Department of Livestock Breeding Friday
In two samples of droppings from wild ducks around Kamerik, in the province of Utrecht, highly pathogenic bird flu of the H5 type was found, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs announced on Monday night.
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