In this post we’re going to acquaint ourselves with the heaviest bird capable of flight, namely, the Kori Bustard. The Kori Bustard, also known as the African bustard, is one of Africa’s most striking ...

These flightless birds can reach heights of up to 5 feet and weigh around 80 pounds. Native to grasslands and open areas, rheas are fast runners and can outpace many predators. Kori bustard in the dry ...

The strange call of the Black-bellied bustard, often referred to as a champagne bird because of the pop!Filmed in the Sabi Sand Nature Reserve, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa Subscribe: <a ...

Initially, the bustards would hide from us and were quite difficult to sight, but after a few weeks, the birds started tolerating us. A male bustard has a large territory that he defends from the ...

A robot with bird-like legs that can walk, hop, leap and jump for take-off into flight has been designed in Switzerland in an engineering breakthrough that could enable aircraft to operate in ...

The UK government has bought more than 5 million doses of bird flu vaccine to fight a potential pandemic as cases among animals increase. The move comes amid an increase in the spread of the virus ...

The constitutional bench of the Supreme Court hearing a case regarding the hunting of the endangered houbara bustard was dissolved ... bustards are migratory birds, further highlighting the ...

2:00 Health Matters: Bird flu detected in U.S. pig Bird flu has spread far and wide, infecting a range of species like chickens, skunks, cows, foxes and polar bears and renewing questions about ...

The Great Indian Bustard dominates headlines from time to time – demanding urgency and being thrust into a spotlight that birds are seldom given. However, creating conversations doesn’t always ...

Another strain of bird flu (H5N1) has been confirmed at a poultry farm in Cornwall, with a mass cull of the birds ordered by the government. All birds at the St Ives premises will now be humanely ...

Dr. Oliveira is the director of the Center for Epidemic Response and Innovation in South Africa. As a virus scientist in South Africa, I’ve been watching with dread as H5N1 bird flu spreads ...

Then there’s the development dream, mediated through bustard-killing power lines. And perhaps the most daunting of all is the unfortunate truth—a lanky, reticent bird teetering on the brink of ...