Feathers fly as screaming peacocks die
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Â· Zoo birds culled after complaints about noise Â· Horrified locals side with animal rights activists
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THE bird flu epidemic, which has killed 31 people in SouthEast Asia this year, killed 23 tigers at a zoo in eastern Thailand, a government official said yesterday.
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At least 19 bald eagles died Friday after gorging themselves on a truck full of fish waste outside a processing plant.
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So goes the familiar holiday tune. Unfortunately, this holiday season, scientists are heralding bad news for birds. New research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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Three mute swans in Dorset have been found dead after contracting the virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu.
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Incensed bird lovers intensified their protests on Saturday outside the ritzy Upper East Side apartment building that removed the nest of famed red-tailed hawk Pale Male
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By the end of the century one in 10 species of birds in the world will be extinct and a further 15 per cent will be on the brink, according to one of the largest studies of avian biodiversity.
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Nigeria's first human death from bird flu has jolted some people into taking chicken off the menu, but live poultry markets are still busy with buyers.
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Twenty-three tigers have died at a zoo in Thailand after they ate raw chicken infected with bird flu.
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The feathered creatures winging across North America have an obvious gift that land-bound humans lack, but their survival is threatened by earthly concerns.
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By James A. Carlson  MILWAUKEE - All 18 endangered young whooping cranes that were led south from Wisconsin last fall as part of a project to create a second migratory flock of the birds were killed in storms in Florida, a spokesman said.
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A vulnerable British bird has experienced an extraordinary population revival, figures have shown.
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Rats. Bats. Two-headed cobras and Tibetan three-eyed toads. A runaway train. A violent hurricane. A count who screams, with gleeful wickedness, &quot;You are so deceased!
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By DENNIS MCCANN  They come to the marsh in flocks at this time of year, first the avian flock in down and feathers, then the human flock in down and denim.
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One of the rarest birds on Earth came closer to being wiped out - if not already extinct - with the death of one of the last three believed to exist, officials said.
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Velociraptor, the terrifying predator made famous in the movie "Jurassic Park," appears to have had feathers in real life.
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An increasing number of redpolls are dying off in the Fairbanks area this winter, baffling wildlife biologists. Experts had suspected the red-capped finches were dying of salmonellosis, but preliminary cultures did not confirm the presence of the bacteria.