AHMEDABAD: 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 ...

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 ...

For example, black kites use plastic to show off their dominance. In other cases, birds may be adapting to their environment and using plastic where natural material is limited. Knowledge of plastic ...

It's not a sound commonly associated with birds. But a colony of flesh-footed shearwaters 'crack and crunch' because they've consumed so much plastic, experts have revealed.

More than 130,000 people are involved in kite-making throughout Gujarat, according to government estimates, many of whom work from homes to make kites that cost as little as five rupees (6 U.S ...

The kite was in bad shape. Made of a pink plastic bag with “The Redeemer” emblazoned in red on the side, the kite was missing a crossbow, the connections were weak and the tail was too short ...

By Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay ReporterSATURDAY, May 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Birds on a remote Australian island are so full of plastic they crunch, British researchers report.

Seabirds have been fishing plastic from the ocean and feeding it to their chicks, researchers say. One bird was found to have ingested nearly 800 pieces.