The Nagamalai forests are already celebrated for their rich biodiversity, and this rare dove adds a unique variation to the ...

COIMBATORE: An uncommon partially white small pigeon called laughing dove has been spotted in the Nagamalai hillock forest near Nambiyur in Erode. Its finding was documented by two birders, Shajan and ...

Feathers are another clue, and the one the lab has been using the longest. With one of the feathers from the 737 strike in hand, Dove places it against the underbelly of the Canada-goose cadaver from ...

Dove holds the single feather from the sample against the wing feathers of one dead bird. The match is perfect. "I think we have solved this case!" she declares.

Carla Dove (right) and her team at the Smithsonian Institution’s Feather Identification Lab. Credit: Chip Clark, Smithsonian. Collisions between birds and airplanes can result in a range of damage, ...

But Dove is also adept at identifying birds by the patterns and shapes of their feathers. Working on the Powell artifacts helps her to hone those identification skills, she says.

Mourning doves have soft feathers that they can shed when they are frightened. Lucy Nicholson/REUTERS. Do you feel bad for the bird? Streby: A little. At least it went quickly. I ...

A keen eye and extensive knowledge of feathers allows forensic ornithologist Carla Dove (yes, that's her name) figure out from feather and bone fragments which type of bird crashed into a plane or ...