The eagle has been landed on! Cheeky black drongo bird appears to touch down on the back of a flying eagle owl Photographer Mayur Shinde, 41, captured the series of shots when she was visiting Jaisalmer in India The birdwatcher photographed an Indian eagle owl as it was gliding through the clear blue sky A … Read more
A white woman dubbed ‘Central Park Karen’ has been fired from her senior position at a New York investment firm after a video showed her calling the cops on an African-American man who asked her to put a leash on her dog. Amy Cooper, 41, was terminated from her job as head of insurance investment … Read more
Bird of prey persecution crimewave: RSPB is overrun with reports of kites, buzzards and owls being illegally killed during the coronavirus lockdown RSPB has been inundated with reports of unlawful killings of birds of prey Targeted bird in the last six weeks include buzzards, red kites and goshawks Charity says criminals are using the lockdown to … Read more
Open wide! Horrified family discovers 6ft python swallowing a bird whole as it dangles from their washing line Snake catcher Stuart McKenzie filmed the snake at a family home in Queensland A bird feeder on top of the washing line had attracted the snake to the garden Carpet pythons are able to open their mouths … Read more
Rare albino robin has been left without a partner and ‘unable to breed for FOUR years’ because she is unrecognisable to males due to the lack of a prominent red breast Entomologist and birdwatcher John Walters has been watching the bird for years The animal lives in Devon and is not thought to have had … Read more
Belgravia Rating: Celebrity Murder Mystery Rating: How outdated it all seems, the emphasis on good breeding and the reverence shown to sons and nephews of earls in the Victorian London of Belgravia (ITV). It wouldn’t happen now, eh? But the aristocracy of tellyland is just as convoluted and interwoven as the family trees in Burke’s … Read more
‘Good luck? Bad luck?’ Naomi Watts is hit with a wad of bird droppings as she takes a quick break from quarantine By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 08:40 GMT, 24 March 2020 | Updated: 08:40 GMT, 24 March 2020 Naomi Watts has been in quarantine the past week, but she appeared to … Read more
Meet the ‘Wonderchicken’: Scientists identify the oldest fossil ever found of a modern bird thought to be an ancestor of today’s hens and ducks The Wonderchicken — or ‘Asteriornis’ — lived around 67 million years ago According to the researchers it resembles a ‘mash-up’ of a duck and a chicken It was a small bird … Read more
We don’t know how this will end, but we have a good idea of how it started. The coronavirus sweeping the world can be traced back to a food market in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the new strain first transferred from wildlife to humans. The idea of cross-species infection scares us because it … Read more
Budgie baldie: Pet bird cannot grow feathers because it was so STRESSED while living with previous owner Coco has psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD) that stops feather growth The three-year-old budgie is said to have been mistreated by previous owners But a heart-warming video shows her now living happily with her new owners By … Read more