This is an important summer for kori bustards at the Smithsonian's National Zoo. Four chicks of this threatened African bird have hatchedin June and July. Along with the bumper crop of baby birds is a ...

Electronic eggs that transmit real-time incubation data from the nest to researchers are all the rage this summer. The telemetric egg, placed in the nest after the mother has laid her eggs, contains ...

Vultures are a crucial part of the ecosystem in places in Africa and India, because their carcass-eating habits keep the incident rates of diseases down. But the scavengers are struggling. Of the 23 ...

In early June, the squabbling on Breeding Island begins in earnest as those strutting high-strung stars of the tropics, the Caribbean flamingos, lay fist-size eggs. On many mornings, National Zoo ...

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Tweeting of the old-fashioned kind, not the new media sort, is big right now at Zoo Atlanta, where four bird species have become parents so far this month. The new chicks in town are two kori bustards ...

A biologist at Smithsonian's National Zoo holds two kori bustard chicks on June 26, 2007. The chicks, Pipe and Tuza, hatched at the zoo June 23 and 24. Kori bustards are the world's heaviest flying ...