A very interesting connection between Naga farmers and the common cuckoo bird (called Kohki locally) is that with the onset of the south-west monsoon which brings rains in the Northeast India for ...

In fact, social monogamy is extremely common in birds and somewhat common in mammals, while sexual monogamy is vanishingly ...

Mysterious, elusive, and full of surprises, this bird's behaviour will leave you questioning everything you thought you knew ...

It was a common practice for sailors to tattoo themselves with sparrow images to ensure their safe passage to heaven in case they died at sea. In Indonesian folklore, a sparrow flying into someone's ...

THE swallows and the cuckoos will soon be with us again. When we listen in a spiritual mood, these birds are emblematic of a ...

Australia has some of the most diverse plants and animals in the world. Overnight, 21 of those species were added to the nation’s endangered list, sparking “regret” that not enough has been ...

Wealden District Council has worked closely with volunteers from the Herstmonceux Men’s Shed group to create several new bird boxes and hedgehog houses to enhance the former steam railway line. The ...

Poetic and provocative, Common rose from underground hip-hop to become the music’s fiercest custodian. The best Common songs reveal how. Common is one of the most renowned MCs in the history of ...

The fifth edition of Birdsong by Birdsong by Ranjani Sivakumar in Hyderabad celebrates birds as a muse. The two-hour concert features songs in Urdu, Tamil, Telugu, Sanskrit, and Kannada across multipl ...

Locally common in coastal Florida ... Birders who seek the Mangrove Cuckoo in Florida may have to contend with heat, humidity, mosquitoes, and long hours of searching. This bird is a shy denizen of ...

S. State of the Birds Report, produced by a coalition of leading science and conservation organizations, reveals continued widespread declines in American bird populations across all ...