ANCHORAGE, ALASKA Scientists working with sophisticated DNA sequencing technology think they may have solved a 20-year-old mystery of what has caused thousands of Alaska’s wild birds to be afflicted with deformed, twisted beaks. The findings suggest that a newly discovered virus – poecivirus – may be the culprit behind the bizarre beak deformities in chickadees, […]
Wildlife Crime Control Unit of the forest department rescued 802 birds from Gazipur, and two traders were jailed yesterday. A team of the WCCU raided a warehouse near Joydebpur intersection around 7:00am and recovered the birds, including blossom-headed parakeet, munia, house sparrow and starling (shalik), inspector of the unit Ashim Mallick told The Daily Star. […]
Offshore wind farms which are to be built in waters around the UK could pose a greater threat to protected populations of gannets than previously thought, research led by the University of Leeds says. It was previously thought that gannets, which breed in the UK between April and September each year, generally flew well below […]
Wild songbirds that prefer to eat at bird feeders have an increased risk of acquiring a common eye disease. In turn, these birds also spread the disease more quickly to their flock mates, according to an international research team led by Virginia Tech scientists. The researchers found that this feeding preference, rather than its social […]
Christine Dell’Amore Cats and dogs don’t usually mix. But a domestic dog virus is posing a new threat to endangered tigers in the wild, experts say—partly by making them less fearful of people. Forced into increasingly smaller habitats, tigers are sharing more space with villagers and their dogs, many of which carry canine distemper virus […]
JAIPUR (India): At a time when the state is taking pride in having taken giant steps for conservation of the critically endangered Great Indian bustard (GIB), poachers of two GIBs shot in February and December last are still at large despite being identified by police. The GIB is the state bird of Rajasthan. On December […]
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