Poacher held at Chilika, 2 migratory birds seized
BERHAMPUR: Two migratory birds of Chilka Lake, the biggest waterfowl habitat in the country, were seized from a poacher near Balipatapur under Tangi wildlife range by wildlife personnel on Friday. The...
View ArticleMinister Sherlock announces €2 million to tackle Ethiopia drought (Department...
(Source: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland) 20/11/15 Minister for Development, Trade Promotion and North South Co-operation, Seán Sherlock T.D., announced today that the Government is...
View ArticleMigratory birds give Diamond City a miss
Surat: The arrival of Rosy Starling, a migratory bird from east Europe marks the arrival of winter in the Diamond City. Every year, large number of noisy flocks of starlings can be spotted in the city...
View ArticleGood Birds, and Good News, From Canada’s Boreal Forest (The Pew Charitable...
(Source: The Pew Charitable Trusts) Throughout the fall, migratory birds have been streaming through the United States, headed south from their breeding grounds in the boreal forest of Canada. Some...
View ArticleTwo migratory birds seized from poachers at Chilika
BERHAMPUR: Two migratory birds of Chilka Lake, the biggest waterfowl habitat in the country, were seized from a poacher near Balipatapur under Tangi wildlife range by wildlife personnel on Friday. The...
View ArticleCalifornia drought: What it means for Christmas trees
Even at Christmas, Californians are thinking about the drought – and whether to buy a live tree. Nearly 1 in 3 Californians surveyed are considering the drought in their tree-shopping plans, according...
View ArticleDrought drives bears into California town in search of food
Tourists and animal lovers hoping to see a bear in Sequoia National Park this fall probably stand a better chance of spotting one in this tiny town at the park's entrance. Three Rivers is literally...
View ArticleA paradise for winter visitors
Winter is almost upon us, a time when one of nature’s most fascinating aspects is at play — migration. While many animals migrate in search of food and better climate, birds are the most popular winter...
View ArticleProfessor Takes a Bird’s-Eye View of Collective Movements (University of...
(Source: University of California, Merced) All of life is motion - whether it is molecules shuttling around within our cells or flocks of birds in the sky. Physics Professor Ajay Gopinathan, with the...
View ArticleGov. Brown extends California's water water limits: 'We are in a new era.'
Governor Jerry Brown prepared Californians to enter their fifth year of a seemingly interminable drought on Friday by extending an executive order that mandated a 25-percent reduction in water usage...
View ArticleOne Degree Closer to Catastrophe, the Clean Surge, and More!
Today, the Earth got a little hotter, and a little more crowded. @@ Way Cool! Nematocampa Forest Caterpillar Shoots Out Tentacles when disturbed by sound - this one recently discovered in the Peruvian...
View ArticleAccused who killed 30 migratory birds in Khatauni arrested
DEHRADUN: The forest department has apprehended four accused in the Khatauni area of Terai west forest with carcasses of 30 migratory birds of Cormorant species. This is the first such case where...
View ArticleFour held with 30 dead migratory birds
DEHRADUN: The forest department has apprehended four men from Khatauni of Terai west forests, with carcasses of 30 migratory birds of the cormorant species. This is the first time the foresters have...
View ArticleAs climate impacts hit, Pakistan faces migration surge - experts
By Aamir Saeed THATTA, Pakistan (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Fisherman Muhammad Yusuf's family has been living on the island of Hajamaro, just over three miles off the coast of southern Pakistan, for...
View ArticleAs climate impacts hit, Pakistan faces migration surge: experts
THATTA: Fisherman Muhammad Yusuf's family has been living on the island of Hajamaro, just over three miles off the coast of southern Pakistan, for generations. But the island that was once a happy home...
View ArticleWater agency's land purchase rattles California farmers
The nation's largest distributor of treated drinking water became the largest landowner in a remote California farming region for good reason: The alfalfa-growing area is first in line to get Colorado...
View ArticleClimate change causing surge in migration: experts
THATTA: Fisherman Muhammad Yusuf’s family has been living on the island of Hajamaro, just over three miles off the coast of Sindh, for generations. But the island that was once a happy home has now...
View ArticleRising lake levels in China threaten migratory birds
Rising lake levels in China threaten migratory birds ......
View ArticleCalifornia drought affects declining birds like the tricolored blackbird
While California did get some rain recently, the state is still in an extended drought. This drought not only affects people, but animals as well. As natural water resources dry up, birds that rely on...
View ArticleAs habitats vanish, migratory birds flock to N. Korea shores
To the untrained eye, it's just a lot of birds on an otherwise deserted stretch of muddy, flat coastline. But for ornithologists, North Korea's west coast is a little piece of paradise each spring —...
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