A new study from WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) and TRAFFIC underlines Singapore's role as a leading transit hub for birds from Africa and Europe to East Asia and the Middle East, and highlights serious discrepancies ...
Ecology
Apr 20, 2016
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Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) are calling for the public to help protect three species of critically endangered birds.
Plants & Animals
Apr 2, 2015
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Yes, it is possible to study parrots with GPS trackers—you just have to make them beak-proof. For a new paper in The Auk: Ornithological Advances, Erin Kennedy, George Perry, and Todd Dennis of the University of Auckland ...
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Feb 18, 2015
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Swiss customs authorities said Thursday that they had arrested a bird specialist who smuggled the eggs of protected parrots in his underwear and travelled the globe trading in rare species.
Ecology
Oct 17, 2013
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A mobile phone app developed at the University of Bristol has been rolled out nationally to help tackle a growing threat to the environment.
Ecology
Sep 7, 2012
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A retired Cuban veterinarian has found a new direction rescuing rare birds, breeding parrots and peacocks, winning enough feathered-world fame to swap fowl with Venezuela's Hugo Chavez.
Plants & Animals
Sep 4, 2012
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More than 54,000 wild birds, including critically endangered species, were laundered through the Solomon islands into the global wildlife trade between 2000 and 2010, a wildlife group said Tuesday.
Ecology
Jul 18, 2012
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(AP) — The green parrots that live on the tropical paradise of Seychelles fly into the bamboo stalks next to Micheleine Georges' 150-year-old farmhouse at dusk. The birds are small and cute. They are also marked for ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 26, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scraps from sweet sorghum harvested for biofuel production enrich the diets of elephants, monkeys, parrots and other animals in Tucson' Reid Park Zoo.
Plants & Animals
Dec 20, 2011
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Google-owned YouTube said Tuesday that it has bought an Irish digital video company whose technology can help improve the quality of amateur footage submitted to the video-sharing site.
Business
Mar 15, 2011
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