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Flash flood warning: Severe storms, heavy rainfall to hit Texas, Louisiana, other parts in U.SU.S. weather forecast: Southeast U.S. will see heavier rain on Saturday, with cooler conditions spreading west to east in the storm's wake ...
Something Strange Happens to Birds When They Live on IslandsIsland birds display unique adaptations, known as island syndrome, with scientists noting changes in reproduction, flight ability, and beha...
Lolling on Saturday: 'Petrol', the new flightless birdThe penguins unionised. One country tried to substitute inflatable decoys, sparking a diplomatic crisis. WTO ruled that penguins were 'non-...
‘Stupid’ extinct bird dodo may walk again after 300 years thanks to scientific breakthroughColossal Biosciences is making strides in de-extinction, successfully growing pigeon germ cells, a crucial step towards resurrecting the do...
Surprising discovery reveals how giant flightless birds reached distant landsOstriches, emus, rheas, and other flightless birds are seen in six continents, but their evolutionary origins have long been a mystery. Rec...
Human-caused bird extinctions reduced diversity in functions, unique history, study findsA study led by the University of Birmingham reveals that human-induced bird extinctions over 1,30,000 years have dramatically reduced birds...
Conservation efforts underway to save endangered Takahe birds in New ZealandThe Takahe birds, an endangered species in New Zealand, are facing a decline in population. Efforts are being made to restore these flightl...
Can extinct species be brought back to life? Scientists look to solve the riddleScientists seem to have made some progress in attempting to resurrect a flightless bird dodo, which had gone extinct since the 17th century.
Satellite mapping finds new colony of Emperor penguins
Flightless non-kiwi bird wins big fightThe kakapo as New Zealand’s ‘Bird Of The Year’ has social media in a flap.
Extinction watch: A boom, a ching, is a Kakapo’s thingKakapos are said to smell nice! It helps the birds find each other. The dwindling population was relocated to two islands off New Zealand’s...
Nirav Modi’s Paul Manafort moment: Ostrich leather jackets are the new orange prison overalls for some jailbirdsHis Manafort moment could be interpreted as a dead giveaway of his financial situation & propensities.
Elephant bird Vorombe titan named largest ever birdThe first species to be described, Aepyornis maximus, has often been considered to be the world's largest bird, researchers said.
World Penguin Day: Six lesser known facts about the popular birdsOil spills kill over 20,000 adult & 22,000 juvenile Magellanic Penguins off the coast of Argentina every year.
Ostriches exist all over India: DNA evidence merely confirms their continuing presenceIndeed, among all the fauna that cropped up during the recently concluded assembly elections, the big bird did not find mention even as all...
Scientists plan to bring back extinct bird speciesThe scientists want to extract great auk DNA from fossils or preserved organs and then use digital data to sequence the animal's genome.
150-year-old evolutionary mystery solved: Iconic Kiwi actually once flewScientists have for the first time ever solved a 150-year-old evolutionary mystery — the iconic kiwi actually once flew. Australia can no l...
10 emus land up in Rajasthan villageResidents of Baroni village in Tonk district were in for a surprise on Friday morning when a group of emus, the flightless bird of Australi...
- March of Le Pingouin: Carla Bruni’s avian allusion presents political opportunity
That penguins — the southern hemisphere’s flightless birds, not occidental homo sapiens in formal evening wear —are cute is a universal tru...
Emus get a foster care from Tamil NaduEmus, birds native to Australia but orphaned in the southern state after being caught in an investment scam, will now receive foster care f...