Bird watchers' paradise

Chilika Lake, Asia’s largest lagoon in Odisha, celebrated the second edition of National Chilika Bird Festival, January 27-28, 2019

ओ री चिरैया... अंगना में फिर आना रे...

तेजी से बढ़ते शहरों में हमने अपने आसपास के पेड़ों को काट डाला है और चिड़ियों का प्राकृतिक घर छीन लिया है। घोसला बनाने ...

ओखला बर्ड सेंचुरी में इस बार क्यों नहीं आए आधे से ज्यादा प्रवासी पक्षी?

2018 के मुकाबले 2019 के ठंड के मौसम में ओखला बर्ड सेंचुरी में लगभग 57 फीसदी कम प्रवासी पक्षी पहुंचे, जो शुभ संकेत नहीं ...

US scientists develop vaccine that protects chickens from bird flu

Officials are currently testing the vaccine on turkeys

Lest we forget our indigenous trees—a tryst with Bird Cherry

Our encounters with trees are a reminder of how ignorant we are about the flora that surround us. Thus, those busy with various engagements must …

Birds impacting agricultural crops a major concern

Many avian species damage crops during sowing, seedling and ripening stages, leading to economic losses to farmers 

Rare Long-Billed Plover bird sighted in Odisha’s Bhitarkanika national park

Sighting of this rare migratory bird during the annual bird census is baffling wildlife officials and ornithologists

There is more to declining bird numbers than just climate change

Researchers say one should not jump to conclusions about bird physiology when assessing the effects of climate change on the avian population

Soor Sarovar bird sanctuary in peril

Cause for alarm?

2,500 birds culled to stop bird flu spread in Bihar

Authorities now focussing on chickens in domestic houses

After Ebola, bird flu hits West Africa

Africans will have to mass cull chicken, an inexpensive source of nutrition in the region

The curious case of bird flu in China

Poultry culling in Bhubaneswar amid bird flu fears

Samples of chicken that died at Odisha Agricultural University tested H5N1 positive on January 27

As temperatures continue to rise, birds struggle to survive

Record-breaking temperatures reduce bird population and are behind absence of insectivorous birds

Parasite that killed millions of UK’s songbird found in mynas in Pakistan

Although the parasite that carries the disease Avian trichomonosis was discovered in myna, it may not prove fatal for them

Mercury can lead to extinction of Arctic bird

Threats from various sources have contributed to a 70 per cent decline in the bird’s population in Canada

किसानों ने पेश की मिसाल, पक्षियों के लिए दी अपनी जमीन

 इस पक्षी अभयारण्य 140.29 एकड़ जमीन में फैले इस पक्षी अभयारण्य की देख रेख का जिम्मा भी समुदाय के हाथ में ही होगा

India declares itself free of bird flu

No episode of the disease has been reported after an outbreak in Karnataka was contained 

Okhla bird sanctuary case: respite likely for Noida home-buyers, developers

Environment ministry for quick settlement of eco-sensitive zone around bird habitat along the Yamuna in south Delhi

Humidity levels decide the transmission of bird flu: study

While absolute humidity drives influenza across latitudes, temperature modulates the effect

First ever case of H7N4 afflicting a human being reported in China

The virus, identified by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, is of avian origin 

Research finds no trace of highly pathogenic avian flu in migratory birds

It is believed that highly pathogenic influenza A viruses do not become established in wild bird populations is due to existing immunity

Arctic birds face disappearing breeding grounds as climate warms

For birds migrating to the top of the world, the warming climate could severely contract the available space they have to breed

Survival of rarest birds found in eastern Himalayas at risk

Deforestation, shifting cultivation and conversion of forests for plantations have led to massive loss of forests