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Bird hits one of major causes of aircraft accidents: IAF

Attributing bird hits as one of the major causes of aircraft mishaps, IAF asked people not to throw ...

Bird flu toll reaches 35 in China amid fresh outbreak in Tibet

The death toll due to the deadly new strain of bird flu in China has climbed to 35 with one more dea...

China bird flu toll rises to 33

The toll due to the H7N9 avian influenza in China has risen to 33, with the death of an 83-year-old ...

H7N9 bird flu spreads to central China`s Hunan

China`s deadly outbreak of H7N9 bird flu has spread to the central province of Hunan, local health a...

Bird flu spreads to central China`s Hunan

China`s deadly outbreak of H7N9 bird flu has spread to the central province of Hunan, local health a...

China bird flu spreads to new province

China on Tuesday said the H7N9 bird flu had spread to a new area as it confirmed the first case in t...

China bird flu: 95 cases, toll rises to 18

The nationwide death toll due to the H7N9 avian influenza in China rose to 18 on Saturday. A total o...

China H7N9 cases rise to 91; WHO says no human-to-human spread

China on Friday reported four more cases of the H7N9 bird flu, taking the total number of infections...

China`s bird flu death toll climbs to 13; 11 new cases

The death toll in the deadly bird flu outbreak in China mounted to 13 with two more fatalities on Su...

Death toll in China`s bird flu rises to 11

One more person died due to bird flu in Shanghai, taking the death toll from the deadly H7N9 strain ...

Bird flu death toll climbs to 10 in China; 5 new cases

The death toll due to the bird flu outbreak continued to rise in China as one more person died takin...

Three more cases of bird flu in Shanghai, 21 so far in China

China grapples with bird flu cases as 3 more people were confirmed infected with deadly H7N9 strain,...

China approves new drug to treat bird flu, cases rise to 18

China on Saturday approved a new type of drug that it believes may be effective in treating the dead...

China bird flu: Second city suspends live poultry, orders culling

A day after Shanghai closed a live poultry trading zone and ordered culling of thousands of birds, C...

China bird-flu outbreak toll reaches six

The toll from an outbreak of a new strain of bird flu in eastern China rose to six on Friday with th...

Taiwan on red alert after more bird flu cases in China

Taiwan declared a high alert against H7N9 bird flu after China reported increasing number of cases a...

Two more die due to bird flu in China; virus traced to pigeons

Two more persons died in China due to H7N9 bird flu, taking death toll from new strain of avian infl...

China reports 4th case of deadly H7N9 bird flu

China today reported a fourth case of the H7N9 bird flu believed to be a new type of deadly virus th...

Humans triggered extinction of nearly 1000 bird species

Human colonisation of the remote Pacific islands may have spawned the global extinction of nearly 1,...

New strain of bird flu kills two in China

Two men from Shanghai have died after contracting the lesser-known H7N9 strain of avian influenza, w...

Agra engineering college official jailed for lake pollution

The registrar of an engineering college on the Delhi-Agra highway was Monday sent to jail by an Utta...

Bird hit Emirates flight lands under emergency conditions

A Kolkata-Dubai Emirates flight with 296 passengers on board suffered a bird hit and returned shortl...

Bird flu: More than 2000 chickens culled in Bihar

More than 2,000 chickens were culled and a large quantity of eggs destroyed in Bihar`s Purnea distri...

Hundreds throng Sewri jetty to see flamingos

Mumbaikars Saturday thronged to Sewri Jetty to catch a glimpse of nearly 15,000 migratory flamingos ...

China confirms 2 persons infected with bird flu

China on Sunday reported two human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 in the country`s ...

Rare migratory bird spotted after 113 years in Himachal

Rare migratory bird Whooper Swan has been spotted in Pong Dam lake of Himachal Pradesh`s picturesque...

Newly discovered dinosaur fossils defy bird evolution theory

The discovery of a new bird-like dinosaur from the Jurassic period has challenged the widely accepte...

Birds sing at higher pitch in noisy cities

Birds sing at a higher pitch to differentiate it from the low-frequency sound of traffic to make the...

59 bird species visit Hirakud reservoir

Over 79,000 birds visited Hirakud reservoir in Odisha`s Samblpur district this winter, registering a...

Fossils of first bird with teeth discovered

Birds have a beak to manipulate their food but a new fossil discovery found that some birds evolved ...

`Bird hunting creates friction between India, Pak`

The hunting of endangered houbara bustards by members of Arab royal families in Pak has led to the B...

Bird hit forces emergency landing of Jetlite flight

A Delhi-bound Jetlite flight with 142 people onboard, including six crew members, made an emergency ...

Winged guests start arriving at Hirakud reservoir

With the winter setting in, migratory birds from far-flung areas have started arriving at the Hiraku...

Giant Eocene bird was `gentle herbivore`: Scientists

Footprints believed to have been made by the 7-feet tall Diatryma bird indicate that it was a "gentl...

Britain losing one million birds a year

Britain has been experiencing an annual loss of nearly a million breeding wild birds, a total of 44 ...

Migratory birds flock to Sukhna Lake

Migratory birds from far away countries have started arriving at Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary in the di...

Over a lakh migratory birds arrive in Chilika Lake

At least one lakh migratory birds from places as far as Siberia, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan have arr...

Migratory birds start arriving in Point Calimere sanctuary

Migratory birds from far away countries have started arriving at Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary a...

20,000 migratory birds sighted in Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary

Over 20,000 migratory birds have been sighted in the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam`s Morigaon...

Clever cockatoo makes own tools to reach food

A cockatoo from a species not known to use tools in the wild has been observed spontaneously making ...

China vows to protect migratory birds

China`s state forestry administration (SFA) has pledged to improve wild animal protection following ...

World’s first family tree for all living birds unveiled

British scientists have created the world’s first family tree linking all living birds, revealing wh...

Bird flu in Karnataka: Kerala bans poultry from outside

Kerala has banned entry of poultry from other states following detection of avian influenza (bird fl...

Resident, migratory birds flock to Bharatpur

Several resident and migratory birds have started to flock to the Bharatpur bird sanctuary in Rajast...

Delhi in all-out bid to save ‘state bird’ sparrow from extinction

Authorities in the Indian capital, Delhi have taken the initiative to adopt the house sparrow as the...

Obama campaign urged to remove Big Bird ad

The Sesame Street urged the Obama campaign to remove the anti-Romney television advertisement featur...

Rare birds sighted during survey of southern coast

Rare bird species like the Red-necked Phalarope (Pambarakkada) and a tiny wader that swims in open s...

Dreamliner suffers bird hit in Bangalore

An Air India Dreamliner aircraft, carrying 127 passengers from New Delhi, suffered a bird hit while ...

Neanderthals used bird feathers as `personal ornaments`

Neanderthals harvested feathers from birds in order to use them as personal ornaments, a new study h...

Birds `smell` out compatible partners

Birds may choose their mate with the help of smell, new evidence has shown.

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