Animal Care

Newcastle outbreak: 24,000 poultry birds vaccinated

GUURGRAM: The outbreak of Newcastle virus among peacocks, reported from Bhondsi on Friday, has prompted district authorities to take prompt action.

Publication Date: 
05/06/2018
Times Of India (Gurgaon)
Tags:
Haryana, Poultry, Birds, Infectious Diseases, Peacock, Animal Diseases, Animal Care
Biodiversity

Survey shows Gurugram’s ‘urban’ Aravalis have a wealth of biodiversity, underlines need for conservation

GURUGRAM: You would normally associate the undulating belt of Aravali hills that lies between Golf Course Road and Gurugram-Faridabad Road with luxury housing societies that dot its perimeter.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2018
Times Of India (Gurgaon)
Tags:
Haryana, Biodiversity, Gurgaon (D), Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), Birds
Wildlife

Conservation emergency as endangered hornbills’ numbers plummet

If reincarnation is a thing, one of the worst life forms in which to return must be the chick in the second egg laid by a southern ground hornbill.

Publication Date: 
28/05/2018
Business Day (South Africa)
Tags:
Wildlife, Birds, Endangered Species, Wildlife Management, South Africa, Africa
Wildlife

Birds are indicators of a healthy and thriving environment

Experts stress on need to create awareness of birds among students and public

Publication Date: 
15/05/2018
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Birds, Ecosystems, Migratory Species, Endangered Species, Wildlife
Wildlife

After decline for years, Karnala reports 100% increase in bird species

NAVI MUMBAI: After more than a decade of sharp fall in the number of bird species, the Karnala Sanctuary has this year seen a 100% rise compared to 2017.

Publication Date: 
11/05/2018
Times of India (Navi Mumbai)
Tags:
Birds, Sanctuaries, Migratory Species, Wildlife
Science And Technology

Genome sequence of Indian peacock reveals the peculiar case of a glittering bird

The unique ornamental features and extreme sexual traits of Peacock have always intrigued the scientists. However, the genomic evidence to explain its phenotype are yet unknown. Thus, we report the first genome sequence and comparative analysis of peacock with the available high-quality genomes of chicken, turkey, duck, flycatcher and zebra finch.

Publication Date: 
05/05/2018
Shubham K. Jaiswal, Ankit Gupta, Rituja Saxena & et al
bioRxiv
1-24
Tags:
Peacock, Birds, Life Science, India
Wildlife

Power lines threaten Cape Vulture's future - wildlife organisation

The future of the vulnerable Cape Vulture hangs in the balance as older design power lines continue to kill or maim birds, non-governmental organisation VulPro said this week.

Publication Date: 
02/05/2018
News 24 (South Africa)
Tags:
Wildlife, Endangered Species, Vulture, South Africa, Birds, Energy, Africa
Wildlife

Biological responses of Crested and Least auklets to volcanic destruction of nesting habitat in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Crested Auklets (Aethia cristatella) and Least Auklets (A. pusilla) are crevice-nesting birds that breed in large mixed colonies at relatively few sites in the Aleutian Island archipelago, Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska, and Sea of Okhotsk. Many of these colonies are located on active volcanic islands. The eruption of Kasatochi volcano, in the central Aleutians, on August 7, 2008, completely buried all crevice-nesting seabird habitat on the island. This provided an opportunity to examine the response of a large, mixed auklet colony to a major geological disturbance.

Publication Date: 
25/04/2018
Gary Drew, John F. Piatt, Jeff Williams
The Auk
135
3
477-488
Tags:
Birds, Volcanic Eruptions, Canada, N C America, Remote Sensing
Wildlife

State of the world’s birds 2018

One in eight bird species is threatened with global extinction, but atleast twenty-five bird species have been brought back from the brink of extinction so far this century finds this new study of global bird populations by Birdlife International

Publication Date: 
23/04/2018
BirdLife International
Tags:
Birds, Biodiversity, Invasive Alien Species, Endangered Species, India, Global, Biodiversity Conservation
Biodiversity

Better species mapping can improve conservation efforts, study finds

The scientific models that ecologists and conservation biologists rely on to determine which species and habitats to protect lack critical information to help them make effective decisions, accordi

Publication Date: 
19/04/2018
PHYS
Tags:
Biodiversity, Biodiversity Conservation, Africa, Asia, Wildlife, Fish, Birds, Mammals

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