Last Updated: Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 15:45
Cyclone Phailin`s fury has also hit avian species with over 1000 open-billed storks, the Siberian migratory birds that flock the district each year.
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 18:20
Fossils of 17 birds were found buried in a wall during renovation of a 177-year-old school building here, with the Zoological Survey of India suggesting that they are the remains of a species of crows.
Last Updated: Monday, September 23, 2013, 16:18
A common songbird may have acquired genes from fellow migrating birds in order to travel greater distances, according to a new study.
Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 11:51
Scientists have found that reserved male great tit birds have been found to seek the company of similar birds to themselves proving the age old saying- ` Birds of a feather, flock together`.
Last Updated: Wednesday, September 4, 2013, 19:45
A Michigan State University researcher has for the first time demonstrated that birds do indeed communicate via scents, and that odour reliably predicts their reproductive success.
Last Updated: Tuesday, September 3, 2013, 19:57
A total of 4,405 Asian houbara bustards were released within the UAE as part of the Sheikh Khalifa Houbara Reintroduction Project to restore wild resident populations in the country.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 22, 2013, 18:15
Birds flee from the path of an incoming car on the basis of the posted speed limit, rather than the actual speed of the vehicle, a new study has found.
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 21, 2013, 15:33
As against 70,105 visiting birds recorded last year, this season 79,548 avian species had made Bhitarkanika wetland spots their nesting sites.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 15, 2013, 21:04
More residential birds thronged the new nesting site of Odisha`s Bhitarkanika National Park during the monsoon season against last year, a senior park official said Thursday.
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 14, 2013, 13:30
A new study has claimed that radical shortening of bird`s bony tails, over 100 million years ago, enabled them to develop versatile legs, which gave them an evolutionary edge.
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 14, 2013, 13:25
A new study suggests that female blue tits with brightly coloured crowns are better mums than duller birds.
Last Updated: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 15:42
A new study has revealed that humans may have more in common with a pigeon than we have realized, at least in terms of brain wiring.
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