Birds that migrate the greatest distances have more new neurons in the regions of the brain responsible for navigation and spatial orientation than those that stay closer to home. By comparing ...

Turtle Doves are making a promising, but fragile recovery – and volunteers are playing a vital role.

If you are expecting a gift of two turtle doves from your true love this Christmas, you may be disappointed. For the bird, celebrated in the Twelve Days of Christmas, is in peril, conservationists ...

13:41, Wed, Jun 24, 2015 Updated: 13:57, Wed, Jun 24, 2015 The mystery migration route of the turtle dove – the beautiful, dappled bird that features in the Twelve Days of Christmas – has been ...

The EU Commission has placed the European turtle dove on the red list of endangered species, which could trigger a review of the bird's status as a hunted species. Bird Life Malta, represented by ...

New research into Britain's fastest declining bird species has found that young turtle doves raised on a diet of seeds foraged from non-cultivated arable plants rather than food provided in people's ...

Known as a symbol of love, peace and happiness, the turtle dove, sometimes knowns as a love bird, is flirting with extinction. A German environmental protection group has named it the 2020 bird of the ...

They have long been a staple of a popular Christmas song. But the turtle dove and the partridge face crisis this winter following a dramatic fall in numbers which could put the turtle dove in danger ...

Bird conservation charity, RSPB, celebrates the winner of its inaugural competition – the swift has been named the favourite ...

The Wild Bird Regulation Unit said that the 1,500 quota Turtle-dove (Gammiema) quota has not been reached, contrary to reports. The unit said that it is continuously following the hunting season.

PALO ALTO — Perhaps a frightful storm or a faulty compass led the migratory bird awry, but one way or another, it ended up far from home, and alone. Feathers ruffled, the well-traveled vagabond ...

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