Japan reports first bird flu outbreak of season
Japan has reported its first bird flu outbreak of the season at a poultry farm in Hokkaido in the country's north. The virus ...
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Japan confirms 1st bird flu outbreak of season, in Hokkaido
Japan confirmed on Thursday the season's first avian influenza outbreak, with authorities identifying around 19,000 birds for ...
Populations of 16 bird species inhabiting woodlands in Japan declining
Japan's environment ministry says the populations of 16 species of birds have been declining at a sharp pace. It notes that ...
Research provides molecular insights into sexual dimorphism of chicken feathers
Birds possess unique skin appendages called feathers that are derived from the outermost layer of skin cells. Feathers are ...
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Japan raises bird flu alert to highest level
TOKYO, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Ministry of the Environment has raised the nationwide bird flu alert to the highest level after detecting highly pathogenic avian influenza in wild birds in two ...
Sparrows in Japan may be listed as endangered species at this rate of decline: survey
A report released by the Environment Ministry and a nature conservation group warns that the number of sparrows and other ...
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Meet Japan’s hitchhiking fish
T HE JAPANESE picture book “Soratobu medaka” tells the extraordinary tale of tiny stream-dwelling fish called medaka hitching a ride on an obliging bird to a far-off freshwater pool. The story has ...
16 Japan-born crested ibises to be sent to China in late Oct.
Japan has agreed to send 16 crested ibises born in Niigata Prefecture to China later this month, sources familiar with the ...
Owls that nest underground become candidate for endangered status
California wildlife policymakers have opted to protect the diminutive Western burrowing owl as they consider listing the ...
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Molecular insights into differences in color and shape of male and female chicken feathers
Differences in appearance between male and female—known as sexual dimorphism—chickens are characterized by the presence of ...
Dog spotted hanging out on top of ancient pyramid in Egypt
While flying over Egypt’s famous Great Pyramids at sunrise earlier this week, US paraglider Marshall Mosher and fellow ...
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‘Goofy’ owls that nest underground become candidate for endangered status
California wildlife policymakers have opted to protect the diminutive Western burrowing owl as they consider listing the rapidly declining species as endangered or threatened. The state Fish and ...