Vulture arrested in Saudi Arabia accused of spying
A vulture which strayed from Israel into Saudi Arabia has been arrested as a suspected Mossad spy. Read More »
Town feared raining blackbirds meant end of world nigh
Police chiefs in Arkansas have described how local residents feared the world was ending as thousands of blackbirds started raining on their heads on New Year’s Eve. Read More »
Blackbirds fall from sky, fish die in thousands in Arkansas
Wildlife officials in Arkansas are investigating what caused the sudden deaths of hundreds of blackbirds and thousands of fish over the weekend. Read More »
Birdwatching boffins spy on woodpeckers from space
The twitcher’s tools have traditionally been binoculars, notebook and pen, but birdwatching boffins at an American university are now using lasers on a NASA satellite in their search for woodpeckers. Read More »
Russian swoop busts $400,000 falcon-smuggling plot
Customs officials in Russia have arrested a woman who tried to smuggle eight rare falcons worth up to $400,000 through a Moscow airport.
French ducks fed marijuana; quack cocaine next?
A French farmer who fed his ducks marijuana has been fined 500 euros and threatened with jail amid fears the birds’ habit could have led them onto more harmful drugs — such as quack cocaine. Read More »
Harry Potter, ‘black magic’ blamed for Indian owl crisis
India’s environment minister Jairam Ramesh says schoolboy wizard Harry Potter is partly to blame for an alarming decline in the country’s wild owl population. Read More »
Bird reserve hires llamas as bouncers
A nature reserve near Liverpool has hired a pair of llamas to protect the park’s bird eggs and chicks. Read More »