The video highlights three African bird species known for actively hunting and confronting invasive animals. Each bird uses ...

Invasive species can devastate ecosystems—but in Africa, three bird species have evolved to fight back. This video explores their incredible hunting abilities and survival instincts. These birds not ...

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The authors concluded that as a group, Africa's diurnal raptors — those active during the day like eagles — "are facing an extinction crisis, with more than two-thirds of the species examined ...

Shoebill birds can reach a height of five feet, but the prehistoric-looking creatures generally aren't taller than people.

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Numbers have dropped, in some cases sharply, for nearly all of the 42 raptor species surveyed in sub-Saharan regions. By Rachel Nuwer Silhouettes of patrolling raptors filled skies throughout Africa ...

Joseph Ogutu has received funding from the European Union Horizon 2020 and the German Research Foundation (DFG). He is a senior Statistician and Researcher at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, ...

Despite a gloomy and rainy debut Friday morning, hundreds of visitors showed out to the Houston Zoo for the opening of its Birds of the World exhibit. Highlighting birds native to different continents ...