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The initial phase of a groundbreaking effort to relocate wild Cape and African white-backed vultures (above) in Southern Africa has seen remarkable success.(Photo by: Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

South Africa’s largest vulture relocation project hailed as a success

A total of 160 Cape and African white-backed vultures have a new home at Shamwari Private Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape, where they can heal and breed This content is…

Increased vehicular traffic and better-paved roads in montane environments heighten the risks to wildlife. (File photo by Kerri Wolter)

Vulture relocation project will be biggest in South Africa

The first group of 155 Cape and African White-backed Vultures will find a new home at Shamwari Private Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape

Meet the winners of SA’s premier bird photography competition

Halima Beale and Adam Buckham were the big winners of this year’s event

The Cape parrot is an endangered species largely because of human activity such as logging the forests where they are found. (Wild Bird Trust)

Meet the 2023 Bird of the Year

The Cape parrot is an endangered species largely because of human activity such as logging the forests where they are found

BirdLife South Africa, a bird conservation organisation, is working on compiling a list of bird names in isiZulu. (Photo by: Dukas/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Bird conservation group compiles bird names list in isiZulu

The group says what better way to raise awareness about birds and birding than to name birds in South African languages

New app brings the fun to birding with games, challenges and interaction with a friendly online community. (Supplied)

Q&A: What is the Birda app and how does it work?

New app brings the fun to birding with games, challenges and interaction with a friendly online community

Protected habitat: Bitterns in the UK have found a new sanctuary. Photo: Jean Mayet /Biosphoto/AFP

Former quarry turned into haven for endangered UK birds

With its reedbed wetlands, the marshy plain of the Fens near Cambridge has become an attractive habitat for the bittern, which was, until 2015, on the United Kingdom’s red list…

While this was the first such event recorded for southern Africa, extreme heatwave events like this are already common in Australia. (David Mercado/Reuters)

South Africa passes ‘grim milestone’ after extreme heat kills off birds, bats

Mass November die-off in KZN is a sign of how global heating is affecting small animals, researchers warn

Dozens of birds and bats perish in extreme heat in KZN

In a single day, temperatures in northern KwaZulu-Natal climbed to a lethal 45°C, causing a mass die-off of birds and bats

Dim it: Most people around the world live under light-polluted night skies in urban areas. But rural areas are being affected too, such as gas and oil producing areas in the United States. (Bettymaya Foott)

Cities need to embrace dark night skies

Brightness harms people’s and other creatures’ health, disrupts ecosystems and changes climate

Male starlings sang less and were more aggressive towards females that had been given small doses of the antidepressant Fluoxetine.(Philippe Huguen/AFP Photo)

Antidepressant pollutants make courting birds violent — study

Male starlings sang less and were more aggressive towards females that had been given small doses of the antidepressant Fluoxetine

Lammergeier or baardaasvoël? Whatever name is used for it

​Twitchers can tick off superb field guide lifers

From the detailed ‘Roberts’ to ‘Newman’s’ perfect illustrations, birders are spoilt for choice.

Crows have been observed exhibiting rational rather than impulsive behaviour and using tools to get at food they cannot reach with their beaks.

Crows brainier than other birds

New research gives crows something to crow about in the intelligence department.

#RedOctober in nine Instagrams

The Red October march against black-on-white violence, led by Steve Hofmeyr and Sunette Bridges, took place in Pretoria. Here’s what happened.

A flock of migrating starlings flies over a field near the southern Israeli town of Netivot. (AFP/David Buimovitch)

Unlocking the mystery of bird migration

Research suggests that birds may use quantum effects to navigate when migrating to warmer climates.

Suspended conservation official wins top award

A suspended senior Northern Cape nature conservation official has won a prestigious international award for his work to save flamingos.

Officials suspended in N Cape flamingo flap

Three senior Northern Cape conservation officials have been suspended, possibly for their efforts to protect flamingos at Kamfers Dam as officials.

New bird-flu strain detected in Nigeria

Scientists have detected for the first time in Nigeria a new strain of the virus that causes avian influenza — also known as bird flu.