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FOR years, lecturer Dr Mehran Behjati and his wife would spend their weekends outdoors, taking to the bike trails and cycling ...
The iconic forest birds are capable of transporting tree seeds over vast ... a pressure that has led to the extirpation of some species, such as helmeted hornbills (Rhinoplax vigil), from parts of ...
With a wingspan reaching seven feet, these birds need large trees for nesting and raising their young, producing just one chick every two to three years. The helmeted hornbill of Southeast Asian ...
Hornbills, however, take these great expectations to a whole new level. Hornbills are colorful birds with large beaks native to Africa and Southeast Asia. They usually mate for life, Emily Bridges ...
Violet Yong of Sarawak DAP pointing out the difference between the two species of hornbill birds. (Facebook pic) Affin Bank has been urged by a Sarawak assemblyman to apologise for depicting the ...
COMMENT | In Sarawak, the hornbill isn’t just a bird - it’s an emblem of the soul. It soars in their myths, crowns their state crest, and gives the land of the Dayaks their moniker ...
New Guinea is home to some of the world’s most toxic birds. Why they contain poison, and how they withstand it is still a source of scientific mystery. The variable pitohui, a poisonous bird ...
Health officials are making a renewed call for vigilance against bird flu, but some experts are puzzling over why reports of new human cases have stopped. Has the search for cases been weakened by ...
He made bogey from there, flipping the bird (at his ball, the hole, just golf in general?) after his par effort died short. Lowry dropped to 2 over par, where he finished, one outside the cut line. A ...
Retired banker Rajesh Khurana took time off from the ongoing renovations in his house to observe and photo-document the ...
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