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AVIAN POPULATION DECLINE
In 1890, a pharmacist released 80 birds in New York’s Central Park to honour Shakespeare; 136 years later, their descendants number about 93 million across North America- Something Strange Happens to Birds When They Live on Islands
- Remember when egg prices ballooned last year? Now they’ve fallen so low that United States farmers are in crisis
- Over 300 ostriches culled in Canada, sparking uproar among animal lovers — here’s the story and why it happenedOver 300 ostriches met a tragic end on a British Columbia farm. Canadian officials carried out a court-approved cull after two birds tested...08 Nov, 2025, 07.04 PM IST
- 'The Ordinary Eggs': New York skincare brand selling eggs—and it's not an April Fools' jokeThe Ordinary, a beauty and skincare enterprise, is selling eggs at $3.37 per dozen in New York City amid a severe egg shortage. This initia...24 Mar, 2025, 01.59 PM IST
- World Sparrow Day 2025: Sparrows are important for the ecology and there need to protect them from extinctionWorld Sparrow Day (Google Trends): World Sparrow Day, celebrated every March 20, highlights the need to protect sparrows due to their cruci...20 Mar, 2025, 09.59 AM IST
- Scientists release last five Hawaiian crow that went extinct in the wild decades agoFive Hawaiian crows, or 'alala', extinct in the wild since 2002, were released on Maui on Wednesday in a bid to restore the species. This m...05 Dec, 2024, 09.49 AM IST
- Indian poultry industry revenues to grow by 8-10% in FY2024, says ICRAThere have been limited occurrences of avian influenza or bird flu across the country in the current fiscal. Localised incidences of bird f...26 Dec, 2023, 04.32 PM IST
- New report finds India's birds in overall decline, "in some cases catastrophically so"A first-of-its-kind nationwide study of India’s birds has found that among the species for which long-term trends could be established, ove...17 Feb, 2020, 01.53 PM IST
- Govt proposes 10-year comprehensive plan for conservation of birds, their habitatsAmid growing threats to a number of bird species in the country, the Union environment ministry has come out with a 10-year comprehensive p...05 Feb, 2020, 05.43 PM IST
- 2019: More bird mysteries unravelled as warming hit avian flightRevelations that bird species across the world are shrinking in size, and that the North American continent has lost a quarter of its avian...31 Dec, 2019, 02.50 PM IST
- Australia's King penguin population shrinks by 90%: StudyLondon, Aug 1 (IANS) The world's largest colony of King penguins in the southern Indian Ocean has shrunk by nearly 90 per cent in the last ...01 Aug, 2018, 10.55 AM IST
- Delhi’s Kite Runner: An amateur curiosity that explains effects of unplanned urbanisationAs a child growing up in Siwan, Bihar, Nishant Kumar couldn’t have missed all those birds around him even if he tried.31 Aug, 2016, 02.54 PM IST
- Experts, eco-scholars conduct annual water bird censusThe event was organised with the help of ministry of forest and environment and PEACE institute charitable trust, a Delhi based NGO, and Gu...03 Feb, 2014, 01.06 AM IST
- Diclofenac not the sole cause of vulture deaths, say expertsUse of diclofenac in animals has been reported to have led to a sharp decline in the vulture population in the Indian subcontinent and thei...11 Sep, 2013, 05.42 PM IST
- Sharp drop in migratory birds number on back of good rainsThere is a significant decline in population of migratory birds visiting Bhopal this winter.15 Feb, 2013, 01.37 AM IST
- Birds give Sultanpur a wide berth?The month of December is when the avian population at Sultanpur National Park starts to attain its seasonal peak.06 Dec, 2012, 02.44 AM IST
- Endangered Pak bird found at Harike wildlife sanctuaryThe endangered Jerdon's babbler or the Sindh Jerdon's babbler (Chrysomma altirostre scindicum) recorded only in the Indus valley of Pakista...31 Oct, 2012, 06.08 AM IST
- Feed grain trade higher than wheat, riceWith grain, meat and energy inextricably roped together, animal agriculture is deciding the new geography of world commodity trade.19 Feb, 2008, 02.35 AM IST
- Asean members may defy slowdown forecastsSoutheast Asian nations may grow at a faster pace this year, defying forecasts for a slowdown, as shipments to new export markets offset ea...10 Apr, 2007, 12.00 AM IST
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