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The study found that wild cats wiped out 316 million every year, while pets killed 61 million annually. (Photo: Pexels)

Cats kill one million birds a day in Australia

Australia's Threatened Species Commissioner Sebastian Lang called the study "extremely important and of great concern".

4 Oct 2017 2:21 PM IST

In this photo, Male greater sage grouse perform mating rituals for a female grouse, not pictured, on a lake outside Walden, Colo. (Photo: AP)

US sage grouse policy heading back to square one

Federal scientists and land managers are going back to the drawing board under a new Trump administration edict to...

12 Nov 2017 8:19 AM IST

Birds get attracted by fires in Assams Jatinga village

Birds lured to commit suicide for filming

Studies have established that the birds caught in Jatinga are local ones, which live between 10 and 15 km.

11 Nov 2017 1:39 AM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Japanese birds' 'snake' calls conjure mental images

Researchers played recordings of songbird calls warning of a snake. Find out what happened next.

30 Jan 2018 12:25 PM IST

The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago released climate-altering sulphur, cooling the Earth far more than thought. (Photo: Pixabay)

Chinese 'rainbow dinosaur' had iridescent feathers like hummingbirds

A evolutionary biologist says that the discovery suggests a more colourful Jurassic World than we previously imagined.

22 Jan 2018 9:13 AM IST

Understanding the relationship between the numbers of birds and people is important for how we manage nature and wildlife in towns, cities. (Photo: Pixabay)

Urban areas crowded with more 'nuisance' birds: study

People living in neighbourhoods with more birds, shrubs and trees are less likely to suffer from depression, anxiety and...

16 April 2018 9:14 PM IST

Scientists this week launched a campaign called Top up the eagles mobile. (Photo: AFP)

Russian scientists forced to start crowd funding campaign

Roaming Russian eagles leave scientists broke.

26 Oct 2019 11:27 AM IST

Male birds that are significantly more colourful or ornamental than females birds of paradise. (Photo: AFP)

'Macho' collection culture to disrupt museum collection

Study suggest that male specimens preferred by animal collectors.

23 Oct 2019 11:05 AM IST

Thousands of migratory birds of about ten species were found dead around Sambhar Lake, the countrys largest inland saltwater lake near Jaipur, sending shock waves among locals and authorities. (Photo: ANI)

Over 1,000 birds found dead around Sambhar Lake in Rajasthan

The strange episode has left villagers and people of the forest department baffled for the lack of a sensible...

12 Nov 2019 2:02 PM IST

One of many features of the bird park is that visitors can observe the exotic birds from up close, feed them and take pictures with them.

A walk with birds

Indian's first interactive birdhouse in Gorai is home to over 500 exotic avians.

22 April 2019 5:56 AM IST

Ending the hunt would give the ortolan an average of twice the chance of survival. (Photo: AFP)

Songbird engendered; prized as gastronomic delight

Illegal hunting threatens songbird prized as delicacy: study.

23 May 2019 9:53 AM IST

Modern birds like chickens often have scales on their legs or necks and showed these were reversals, what had once been feathered had reversed to scale. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Evolution of feathers before birds

Studies reveal that feathers came before birds.

16 Jun 2019 12:04 PM IST