For half a millennium, the Vaishnav family of Udaipur has been practising this unusual form that uses mineral pigments to create impermanent works of devotional art ...

While bird feeders are common in Britain's gardens, bird baths are less so. Bird baths are a brilliant way of providing birds with a regular supply of clean water for both drinking and bathing. Bird ...

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So the places where fresh water is available, such as the lake in Sandgerði, attract a lot of birds. Our project is to screen for strains of avian influenza (bird flu) to study how they spread.