Kaziranga National Park, famed for its rhinos and tigers, just added a new feather to its cap — literally. In its first-ever ...

From afar, the acacia trees look like they have been decorated with grass pom-poms. The birds have been busy, building shelters of straw and grass. Up close, the real shape of the "pom-poms" becomes ...

IT IS one of nature's most ruthless tricks. African village weaver birds, like many other species, can be fooled into raising cuckoo chicks at the expense of their own. But unlike the others they ...

Sociable weaver birds (pictured inset) in the Kalahari Desert, South Africa, make their nests (pictured) around telegraph poles because there are no trees for them to shelter in.

A bird with an unusual social life is helping biologists work out whether a life of leisure slows down the ageing process. ... Field Notes: Weaver birds may hold secret of ageing.

A bird species known as sociable weavers are known to create massive, visually appealing nests in the Kalahari Desert in South Africa. The nests resemble haystacks and they are comprised of twigs, ...

The weaver bird factfile >> Baya Weaver birds are social birds who stay and breed as flocks throughout the year. India is home to four species of weavers, of which the Yellow Weaver or Finn’s ...

A baya weaver bird inspects its intricately woven nest hanging from a palm frond, a marvel of avian architecture and ...

Altogether 2,470 weaver birds were spotted in the state during a one-day census carried out by the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) with the help of Wild Odisha and Kalinga Birds-Odisha Birds.

The weaver birds are back. Nobody is happier about it than the people in Nariandy, a village tucked away in the remote corner of Ezhupunna panchayat, where a collective effort by people early this ...