The hunter became the hunted in this extraordinary photo from Sardinia, Italy, of a flock of thousands of starlings scaring off a bird of prey, reports The Daily Mail, London.

WWF-Italy recently celebrated the annual Day for the Oases with a focus on the thousands of birds that fly through or winter in Italy on their long journey from North Africa and back. Rome, Italy - ...

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Greece and Italy said on Saturday they had found swans with the H5N1 bird flu virus, the first known cases in the European Union of wild birds with the deadly strain of the disease. As the slow creep ...

Italy: Italian health authorities over the weekend confirmed that the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has been found in at least 21 migratory swans in the southern regions of Calabria, Puglia and ...

A mature golden eagle brought down by shotgun fire in the wilds of northern Italy has become a symbol of the devastation wreaked by hunters on the nation's disappearing birdlife. With a six-foot wing ...

Recently a local nature and tourist guide told me that she described the Po Delta to visitors as Frankfurt airport? Why? "Because it is strategically placed between other Northern and Southern ...

Animal protection groups in Italy are braced for a bitter struggle with members of Silvio Berlusconi's party who want a wholesale liberalisation of Italy's hunting laws. Led by Franco Orsi, a senator ...