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Modern birds `closely related to dinosaurs`

Modern birds are, essentially, living dinosaurs, with skulls that are significantly similar to those...

Migratory storks` arrival, hope of early monsoon

Migratory storks arriving at the Bharatpur bird sanctuary in Rajasthan`s Keoladeo National Park have...

Migratory birds overstaying in Chilika

The winged guests who had flown to Chilika during winter have continued their stay in the biggest wa...

Create a home. Create a life.

Rakesh Khatri, executive director of Nature Foundation India, in conversation with Zeenews.com`s San...

Colourful birds `evolve faster`

Colourful birds evolve into new species faster than those with only one colour form, according to a ...

Crows can identify familiar human voices

Crows have the ability to recognise familiar human voices and the calls of familiar birds from other...

Dubai to observe World Migratory Bird Day

The environment department of the Dubai Municipality in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will mark Wor...

Kamchatka testing migrant birds for radiation

Migrant birds arriving in Kamchatka from the side of Japan will be tested for radiation, the Kamchat...

`Telecom towers kill 7mn birds in America every year`

Telecom towers are killing nearly seven million birds every year as they migrate from the US and Can...

Pune exotic birds and fish expo attracts visitors

A five-day-long expo on rare birds and fish is attracting thousands of visitors.

Bowerbirds cultivate plants to attract females

Scientists have discovered the first evidence of a non-human species cultivating plants for use othe...

Dino-bird was prone to osteoarthritis

Dinosaurs might be the oldest victims of osteoarthritis, say researchers.

Space pictures pick up lots more penguins

Scientists counting emperor penguins from space have found twice as many of the birds in Antarctica ...

`Female dunlins divorce to double their nest success`

Scientists compared the breeding success of male and female dunlins before and after divorce to expl...

Eggs of enigmatic birdlike dinosaur discovered in Patagonia

Scientists have discovered fossilized bones and unique eggs of an enigmatic birdlike dinosaur that l...

Online survey for house sparrows

The BNHS is focusing on Uttar Pradesh where people in a very small number have registered their entr...

Deforestation threatens endangered bird in Nagaland

The Blyth`s tragopan is listed in Schedule-I of Wildlife (Protection) Act and classified as vulnerab...

Big bird dinosaur fossil listed for protection in China

China has listed for protection the remains of a big, bird-like dinosaur whose skeletal remains were...

Sparrows `sing out loud` to be heard in noisy cities

Sparrows change their tune to keep pace with city life and soar above the increasing cacophony of ca...

Angry Birds Space hits 10 million downloads

The latest version of the Angry Birds game, ‘Angry Birds Space’, has notched up ten million download...

14 bird species on verge of extinction in India

At least 14 species of birds from India are on the verge of extinction due to poaching, over use of ...

`Rovio to get Angry Birds Space for Windows Phone`

Rovio is working on getting its new Angry Birds Space game to Microsoft`s (MSFT.O) Windows Phone 7 p...

Angry Birds in US retail, UK parks push

Angry Birds maker Rovio is teaming up with a major US retail chain to sell its merchandise, and plan...

Are house sparrows being driven away?

Sparrows are amongst the most abundant bird species in urban areas, but we still need to conserve th...

Bird flu resurfaces in Tripura

Bird flu influenza has resurfaced in Tripura after one-and-a-half months, an official said here on S...

Bihar SOS to Centre on tackling bird flu

Bird flu or avian influenza is threatening Bihar`s poultry industry and an SOS has been sent to the ...

Birdlike dinos wore basic black with glossy touch

An unusual crowlike dinosaur had glossy black feathers that were probably used to call attention to ...

Hundreds of tropical bird species at risk of extinction

Researchers have cautioned that up to 900 species of tropical land birds around the world could beco...

Aussie birds `declining faster`

Australian birds are declining faster than elsewhere in the world, and would have been worse if not ...

Angry Birds fly to Facebook, Asia and ... Space

Angry Birds, in which players use a slingshot to attack pigs that try to steal the birds` eggs, has ...

Crows are dying in Bihar from bird flu

Bhopal-based High Security Animal Disease Laboratory (HSADL)report reveals that crows are dying in B...

Crows are dying in Bihar from bird flu

Bhopal-based High Security Animal Disease Laboratory revealed that Crows are dying in Bihar because ...

Migratory birds are flying back home from Odisha

More than a million migratory birds that thronged various lakes and marshlands of Odisha, flying in ...

Angry Birds game now on Facebook

The Angry Birds game that has been downloaded 500 million times has been launched as a free version ...

Shillong: Tests don`t confirm bird flu

At least 100 pigeon deaths were reported in this north-east hill city in the past one week though n...

50 migratory birds found dead in China

More than 50 migratory birds have been found dead at a wetland in China.

Bird flu panic abates in Meghalaya

Authorities on Saturday gave the all-clear signal and calmed the panic in Meghalaya after clinical t...

Adult male songbirds don’t feel threatened by young rivals

Older male sparrows don’t put much of a fight when they hear a young male singing in their territory...

Cannibal ladybirds wiping out native species in UK

Seven out of eight ladybird types in the UK have decreased since the harlequin was introduced in 200...

Uttar Pradesh on alert for bird flu

In the wake of bird flu cases having been reported from Jharkhand and Orissa, the UP govt has issue...

Artificial beaks save hornbills from extinction

Fibre replicas of beaks of hornbills have saved the rare birds from imminent extinction in Arunachal...

Culling begins in Odisha, over 18,000 birds killed

Culling of fowl began in Orissa’s capital on Sunday in the wake of detection of avian flu in a farm...

Bird flu resurfaces in Odisha; culling to begin on Sunday

So far 31,912 poultry birds in Keranga and 11,216 in Betanati have been culled, sources said.

Mopping operation began in Tripura

Following the culling of 6204 poultry in the vicinity of the government poultry farm in Lembucherra...

12K birds spotted in Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary

More than 12 thousand birds of 26 species have been spotted in Assam`s Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary d...

Himachal to count its feathered guests this month

The Pong Dam reservoir, 250 km from state capital Shimla, is one of the largest man-made wetlands in...

Wetland in Kanyakumari made Bird Protection Zone

Tamil Nadu government today announced the wetland near Suchindram Theroor in the district as a Bird ...

Culling of poultry birds begins in Tripura

The culling of bird flu affected poultry began in five gram panchayats areas of West Tripura distr...

Bowerbirds `woo mates with illusions`

Avians are move clever than you thought, with some displaying traits often similar to humans -- for...

Bird flu reappears in Tripura

Following reports of deaths of poultry birds in the area, blood samples were collected and examined ...

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