What is THAT? ‘Ghost bird’ spooks woman when she spots the rare creature sitting on a fence post soaking up the sun Rare great potoo bird was spotted by a woman who initially mistook it for a stick She came across the unusual bird perched on a fence post in Chibolo, Colombia As she and a child … Read more
Hundreds of starlings make the shape of a BIRD as they swoop and whirl across the sky in a mesmerising murmuration Group of starlings put on an impressive display in Kettering, Northamptonshire Hundreds of birds swooped and whirled to create several mesmerising patterns Roland James, 40, witnessed birds’ display, including a bird-shaped formation By Lydia Catling … Read more
Bird lover, 28, avoids jail for threatening his terrified ex-girlfriend, 23, with a baseball bat after she took custody of Custard their pet parrot Kaya Colakoglu, 28, tracked down ex-lover Lena Nixon, 23, to a friend’s house She had escaped with their pet parrot called Custard when he turned violent He smashed a window with … Read more
Investors piled into Pearson as its chief executive started a new chapter for the education publishing powerhouse. Former Disney chairman Andy Bird unveiled a bold and wide-ranging strategy to overhaul the company, which is scrambling to adapt to an age where textbooks are no longer the norm and people increasingly learn online. Pearson has been … Read more
She recently won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series for her role as Margaret Thatcher in The Crown. And Gillian Anderson got into character as she filmed scenes for her upcoming movie White Bird in Kutna Hora, Czech Republic this week. The actress, 52, donned a brown jacket and dark grey … Read more
The world’s oldest-known wild bird, a 70-year-old Laysan albatross called ‘Wisdom‘, has hatched another chick — making this at least the 40th youngster she has reared. The septuagenarian seabird gave birth again last month on the breeding habitat of Midway Atoll, a tiny island in the north Pacific, some 1,300 miles from Hawaii. Wisdom was … Read more
A researcher caught a harrowing encounter in a Georgia salt marsh when a fish pulled a baby sparrow down to a watery grave. Seaside sparrows usually balance their nests in the marsh grass, but researchers believe climate change has caused tides in the area to rise precipitously. As a result one bird’s nest was flooded, … Read more
Incredible moment a huge spider is caught feeding on a tiny bird after it got stuck in its web Red-browed finch found hanging upside down from sticky spider-web in garden Resident was outside in the garden when he came across the horrific sight He recorded his find and came back at night to find spider … Read more
Not now bird flu! Russia reports world’s first ever cases of H5N8 flu in humans – but says the virus hasn’t spread between people yet Russian officials diagnosed the human cases of the H5N8 bird flu virus The virus spread from birds to workers at a poultry plant in southern Russia Health officials said patients … Read more
Gina Carano was snapped flipping off a photographer as she made her way into a Los Angeles office building on Tuesday after being fired from Disney+ series The Mandalorian. The actress and mixed martial arts veteran, 38, who starred as Cara Dune in the Star Wars franchise spin-off, was axed last week over controversial Instagram … Read more