High humidity significantly amplifies the threat of lethal hyperthermia in small birds on hot days, robbing them of the ...

Cape Town, South Africa — South Africa has culled about 7.5 million chickens in an effort to contain dozens of outbreaks of two separate strains of avian influenza that threaten to create a shortage ...

LAMBERT'S BAY, South Africa – Loud shrieking calls and the pungent smell of droppings from thousands of Cape gannet birds greet visitors to the Lambert's Bay Bird Island nature reserve off South ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africa has culled about 7.5 million chickens in an effort to contain dozens of outbreaks of two separate strains of avian influenza that threaten to create a shortage ...

Forest-dwelling bird species are disappearing from some of South Africa's indigenous forests, with forest birds in the Eastern Cape being the most affected. A new study showed that the ranges of 28 of ...

MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Africa’s migratory birds are threatened by changing weather patterns in the center and east of the continent that have depleted natural water systems and caused a devastating ...

Researchers have been looking at the birds of South Africa, with a view to see what the role of birds is in the transmission of malaria. The focus was primarily on parasites in the genus Plasmodium, ...

A trio of American bird hunters depart a South African marsh after a successful day afield pursuing a mix of duck and goose species. An increasing number of international wingshooters are sampling ...

Money might not buy happiness, but it can buy biodiversity—at least for birds. Wealthier urban areas across South Africa attract more native bird species than less well-to-do ones, according to a new ...

The Second Southern African Bird Atlas Project, which Les Underhill leads, has received funding from the South African National Biodiversity Institute. Most of Europe’s birds head south each year ...