Authorities in Assam have culled some 12,000 of the estimated 60,000 birds ordered to be killed after an outbreak of the deadly bird flu virus in the region, officials said Saturday. Authorities in ...

A ground report on the rapid decline of the white-winged wood duck, Assam’s State Bird, examining habitat loss in Northeast India.

Guwahati, March 20: Assam birdwatchers soared right to the top on Big Bird Day, with participants from the state bagging the top spot in the annual affair. Started by Delhibird in 2004, the event is ...

On a cold winter morning in late 2009, Dilip Konwar, a sprightly man in his late forties, scrambled up a bamboo ladder and peeked into the dark insides under the roof of his shop, to investigate the ...

Following the unnatural death of 300 birds last week in Assam, and the subsequent confirmation from laboratory tests about the presence of the virulent H5N1 avian influenza strain, nearly 12,000 birds ...

Nearly 300 poultry birds have died an unnatural death in a few villages West of Guwahati in Assam. This has sparked fresh fears of bird flu causing health authorities to sound an alert in almost 40 ...

The festival will be focussing on the theme "Conserving Birds using Citizen Science," and aims to bring together everyday citizens, and motivate them to actively take part in the monitoring and ...

Guwahati, Sept. 26: The Union ministry of environment and forests has directed Assam to draw up a contingency plan to combat bird flu before migratory birds start arriving in the state. The wake-up ...

Assam has began culling an estimated 85,000 poultry following a directive by the central health ministry after the outbreak of bird flu in WB. Assam has began culling an estimated 85,000 poultry ...

Bird flu has hit Assam, however, it is not the first such outbreak in the region. But it's the first time that authorities have failed to contain it. The virus is spreading across the state, and ...

Nearly three lakh chicken have already been culled, and more than 3.5 lakh people are under surveillance, for any signs of bird flu in Assam. Culling of poultry is underway in Guwahati's veterinary ...

Jatinga's mysterious annual ritual of migratory birds committing mass suicide is all set to become Assam's latest tourist attraction. NEW DELHI: It's a phenomenon nobody has been able to explain for ...