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Researchers find birds sleep during flight
How frigatebirds are able to perform on such little sleep remains a mystery. Scientists measured the brain activity of frigatebirds...
Study sheds light on how bumblebees forage for food
The team tracked bumblebees using harmonic radar technology. Scientists track flight paths of bumblebees Research to understand the foraging habits...
bTB ‘not spread by direct contact with badgers’
Researchers used GPS collars and proximity sensing contact collars to explore transmission opportunities between cattle and badgers. Study has implications...
Novel virus linked to mystery beak disorder
AKD was first detected in black-capped chickadees in south-central Alaska during the 1990s and since then it appears to have...
Bird-friendly gardens increase window collisions
Tall trees and bird feeders are likely to be a key factor in bird-window collisions. Experts call for effective window...
Discovery sheds light on how vertebrates see
Professor Sarah Gabbot led the research. Researchers identify details in eyes of fossilised fish A study of fossilised fish has...
Green monkeys ‘acquired S. aureus from humans’
from humans’ Transmission is believed to have occurred as a result of bacteria being transferred from human hands to food...
Deadly anthrax outbreak linked to rising temperatures
The outbreak might have originated from the thawing of an infected reindeer. Disease kills 12-year-old boy in Russia An outbreak...
ZSL reports huge rise in Bengal tiger numbers
Wild tiger numbers in Nepal had been shrinking. Increase thanks to conservation efforts The number of endangered tigers in Nepal...
Search is on for famous Indian tiger
Forest officials, NGOs and local people are joining in the search. (stock photo) Jai has been missing for three months...