When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Predatory birds called black kites have an unusual decorating style: They line their nests with ...

Acting quickly and compassionately, city police managed to save a pigeon entangled in plastic kite string at a height of at least 50 feet inside the office complex of the Ludhiana police commissioner.

It's not only kite string that has been harming birds but plastic too. Ahmedabad-based Jivdaya Charitable Trust (JCT) handled at least 120 birds last year, the majority of them black ibises, that were ...

The discovery of messages in raptors' nests has raised the possibility that many bird species encode signals into these structures, with seemingly decorative flourishes actually full of meaning. Among ...

White plastic discarded by litterbug humans is helping to preserve the pecking order among a bird population. Scientists studying black kites in Spain discovered that strong birds in the prime of ...

According to the DCP, the plastic kite string is harmful for birds, animals as well as human beings, as several cases were reported in the city when commuters suffered injuries after getting entangled ...

It might not seem de rigueur but for a black kite furnishing one's nest with white plastic is a major statement. Spanish scientists have documented how this bird of prey will decorate its nest with ...