Search For "bird"
Climate change can be taught to migrating birds: Research
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Spring is arriving earlier as a result of climate change. Migratory birds, on the other hand, are not keeping up with these changes and arrive too late for the peak in food availability when it is time to reproduce. Researchers in Lund, Sweden, and the Netherlands discovered that by convinci
Read More
Hamdan International Photography Award, Dubai Safari Park frame Dubai's na
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The series of competitions included three categories: “Portfolio” competition, whose entries were received on the award's official website www.hipa.ae; the “Instagram” contest for individual photos, with the following three themes: My Favourite Animal, Just Birds, and Animals in Motion.
Read More
Bright city lights in big cities causing smaller eyes in some birds: Study
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
While other studies have looked at how urban light affects the timing of birds’ “dawn song” and circadian rhythms, this is the first known study to show a connection to eye size.
Read More
Theegala eyes maiden PGA Tour title; Korea’s Kim stays in hunt at Fortinet
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Sahith Theegala fired a bogey-free 67 after rounds of 68-64 in the first rounds. He is now in the lead on 17-under. In his 67 four of his five birdies came on the back-nine as he pulled two clear of the chasing pack that also included Australia’s Cam Davis and Justin Thomas of the U.S., both
Read More
Ground-nesting birds build their nests to protect themselves from predator
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Ground-nesting birds known as lapwings, according to new research, use the design of their nests and surroundings to hide from predators. Changes in land management and high predator populations, such as foxes and crows, are causing many ground-nesting species to decline. If too many eggs a
Read More
Swiss Ladies Open: Amandeep, Diksha start with 69 and 70
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Diksha Dagar played a steady round with just two birdies against one bogey as she opened the Swiss Ladies Open with a card of 1-under 70. She was lying T-27 after the first round but the top Indian of the day was Amandeep Drall, who opened on the 10th with a birdie and closed the day with a
Read More
Ground-nesting birds design their nests to hide from predators: Study
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
According to new research, ground-nesting birds known as lapwings exploit the design of their nests and surroundings to hide from predators.
Read More
Big Green Egg Open: Diksha Dagar finishes 21st
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The 22-year-old left-hander, Diksha had rounds of 71-70-70 in a steady display, but not quite to maintain her run of Top-10 finishes. Diksha who had a late bogey finished 5-under 211 and was Tied-21st. She had two birdies and one bogey on either side of the Hilversumsche Golf Club.
Read More
Study reveals opposites do not genuinely attract
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
“Our findings demonstrate that birds of a feather are indeed more likely to flock together,” said first author Tanya Horwitz, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience and the Institute for Behavioral Genetics (IBG).
Read More
Vulture conservation and protection: Delhi HC asks Centre why drug Nimesul
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The Delhi High Court has asked Union of India to furnish the reasons as to why the drug 'Nimesulide' has not been banned, and deliberations undertaken in this regard while hearing a petition seeking to create an effective mechanism for safety testing of the drugs on wild scavenging birds bef
Read More
Irish Open: Diksha Dagar keeps lead after two rounds
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Diksha Dagar held the overnight lead but didn’t get off to the best start with a bogey on the first at Dromoland Castle. However, she soon found a rhythm rolling in back-to-back birdies on five and six before another dropped shot on 14.
Read More
Carnivore birds declining more rapidly than omnivores in India: Report
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
According to the second edition of State of India’s Birds Report 2023 released recently assessed 942 bird species across the country birds that feed on fruits and nectar are doing well, because these resources are readily available even in heavily modified rural and urban landscapes
Read More