FOR years, lecturer Dr Mehran Behjati and his wife would spend their weekends outdoors, taking to the bike trails and cycling ...

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 ...

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The federal government announced Wednesday that it is canceling a contract to develop a vaccine to protect people against flu viruses that could cause pandemics, including the bird flu virus that’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

And just as silence settles in, a raucous, echoing laugh erupts from the canopy – the Helmeted Hornbill. Critically endangered, this bird’s call is unforgettable. So is the privilege of ...

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 ...

Additionally, if feeding other wildlife, including the use of bird feeders, draws deer, elk or moose, it is considered illegal, the release said.

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 ...

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 ...

Though the judge in the case said he sympathized with the farm for the economic and emotional toll the loss of its birds would have, he also wrote in his decision that must be balanced against the ...