Bats Were Suspected of Hunting Birds for Years, but What Scientists Finally Heard Changes EverythingScientists have confirmed that noctule bats hunt birds in the night sky. Using advanced tracking and audio devices, researchers observed ba...
27 Mar, 2026, 04.34 PM IST
1.2 Billion Birds Took to the Skies in One Night—Radar Reveals a Record Migration SurgeWeather radar has revealed an astonishing sight. On a single autumn night, an estimated 1.2 billion birds took to the skies over North Amer...
13 Feb, 2026, 06.46 PM IST
This Tiny Bird Can Fly for Up to 10 Months Without Touching the GroundCommon swifts, small brown birds, undertake astonishing journeys. They fly for nearly a year, feeding, drinking, and sleeping on the wing. ...
05 Feb, 2026, 09.05 PM IST
This crane has charted it longest course yet; Flies nearly 3,676 km from North Pole to RajasthanA Siberian crane named Sukpak flew a record 3,676 km to Rajasthan. The crane's journey, tracked via a leg ring, began in Tyva. Sukpak took ...
27 Nov, 2024, 12.02 PM IST
Russia-Ukraine conflict to blame for fewer migratory birds in Haridwar this winter: Expert27 Nov, 2022, 05.56 PM IST
- More than three lakh migratory birds throng Kashmir Valley
Thousands of Mallards, Common Mergansers, Northern Pintails, Common Pochards, Red-crested Pochards, Ruddy Shelducks, Northern Shovelers, Co...
01 Dec, 2017, 11.08 PM IST
- More than 3 lakh migratory birds arrive in Kashmir Valley28 Nov, 2017, 10.24 PM IST
- Delhi zoo sets record as painted storks lay over 1,500 eggs
Delhi zoo has achieved a record breeding programme this year, with the local migratory 'painted stork' birds laying between 1,500 and 1,800...
24 Jan, 2016, 11.19 AM IST
- Tweets of joy: Rare birds fly into Delhi
Birdwatchers have reported a host of rare birds in the city this season. The sightings, they say, are a result of luck and the proliferatio...
23 Feb, 2015, 03.23 AM IST
- Dance of Demoiselle cranes in Daryapur
Local bird-lovers are rejoicing this season as the year has recorded the highest number of winter migratory bird specie ever sighted in Mah...
03 Feb, 2015, 03.24 AM IST
- Long-billed plover sighted in Amravati
The Wildlife & Environment Conservation Society (WECS), Amravati, has recorded first sighting of long-billed plover.This is the first sight...
25 Apr, 2014, 06.26 AM IST
- Sightings of endangered birds: Experts upbeat
Experts have reported sighting of endangeredmigrant species of birds in ongoing annual endangered aquatic animal census, which began on Feb...
18 Feb, 2014, 04.06 AM IST
- Census reveals less diversity of migratory birds at Punjab's Kanjhli wetland
In the latest Asian Waterbird Census (AWC), lesser diversity of migratory birds has been witnessed at Kanjhli - Punjab's smallest wetland f...
30 Jan, 2014, 02.41 AM IST
- 160 bird species identified in Ahmedabad Bird Race
The ornithologists as a part of the annual Bird Race event organized jointly by Natural Heritage Conservation Society (NHCS) – Gandhinagar ...
07 Jan, 2014, 12.33 PM IST
- First sighting of Chestnut-winged cuckoo in Vidarbha
The little known Wan Wildlife Sanctuary, 350km from here in Buldhana, has recorded the first sighting of a Chestnut-winged cuckoo, a passag...
02 Nov, 2013, 02.51 AM IST
- Rare birds spotted in Madayippara
The bird watchers spotted some rare migratory birds in the north Malabar region during a survey recently.
24 Sep, 2013, 11.00 AM IST
Amur falcon birds on way to Africa killed in Nagaland: ReportAmur falcons, a protected species, are killed for meat while flying over Nagaland as part of their migration every year from Siberia to Afr...
08 Nov, 2012, 02.54 PM IST