Bird

Short Science, April 14, 2013

14 Apr 2013

Charred food residues scraped from the world's oldest pots show humans used ceramics for cooking in the late Ice Age, long before hunter-gatherers became farmers, a study said.

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Study may prompt claws for complaint

5 Feb 2013

Now we know why there is so much affinity between humans and cats: we are both mass killers. Next to us, it seems, those fluffy, cuddly kitties may be the greatest threat to mammalian and avian...

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Photographers putting terns in danger, say Hong Kong bird watchers

18 Aug 2012

Terns that fly in to lay eggs on remote islets during summer are under threat because of growing intrusion by photographers, the Hong Kong Bird Watching Society says.

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Polar Adventure for Ocean Park visitors

4 Jun 2012

Fans of Mr Potter's Penguins can meet and greet the film's six animal stars at Ocean Park's new attraction, Polar Adventure, from July 13.

Next door to the flightless birds will be...

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In observing birds, biologist sees reflection of ourselves

18 Sep 2011

As a young man at university more than 50 years ago, Gao Wu was reluctant to follow his instructors' advice and enter the field of biology. He turned out to be a pioneer in the field. Now 71, Gao...

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Merchants enlisted sham bird's nest 'experts'

17 Aug 2011

Mainland bird's nest merchants accused of selling fake or tainted products staged a press conference with Malaysian officials to defend their reputation. But the event itself was a sham and the...

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Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

EU fails to adapt to borderless world

5 comments

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Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

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High hopes

Each year the Beijing Raptors Rescue Centre nurses back to health more than 300 injured birds that were rescued from the wild or turned in by their captors. More than 43 types of raptor can be...

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The Wisdom of Birds

The Wisdom of Birds
by Tim Birkhead
Bloomsbury HK$195

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500th bird species spotted in Hong Kong

Birdwatchers are hailing the arrival of the 500th species of birds to be seen in Hong Kong, expanding the city's bird list to cover about a third of the species for the whole of China.

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Warning over bird flu

The public should avoid contact with live poultry and wild birds, a spokesman for the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department said. The warning came after tests on a dead barn swallow...

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Men of the Forest

Bornean orangutans, also known as Men of the Forest, are endangered, with a population in the wild of between 40,000 and 70,000. They are mostly found in Malaysia and Indonesia. In the wild,...

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Night owls and caged birds don't mix, animal-lovers tell club

Central hot spot Dragon-i is ruffling the feathers of a local animal rights group because it has caged dozens of birds and put them on display.

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