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The new species is named Hanuman plover named after the Hindu mythical ape god Hanuman revered in the Sanskrit epic Ramayana

The ancient Sanskrit epic Ramayana has it that Hanuman was a mighty ape god who marshaled an army to build a bridge linking northern Sri Lanka’s Mannar region with South India’s Rameswaram. Several hundred years later, a small bird species new to science is named as the Hanuman plover, as it lives and was found in […]

A culture shift in UK farming is needed to restore the fortunes of one of our iconic songsters, writes Tim Harris.

Not just bears and tigers! Even the world’s largest owls live in Russia Blakiston’s fish owlredbookrf.ru The Primorye territory is home to anything between 200 and 400 Blakiston’s fish owls. International efforts are on to save the beautiful species from extinction. When it comes to the fauna of the Russian Far East, it’s the large cats that stand out. Well-publicized international conservation efforts to save the Siberian (Amur) tiger and the highly endangered Amur leopard have made these felines the unofficial mascots of Russia’s eastern forests. However, the taig...

The Birds of Siberia Search within full text Print publication year: 2011 The Birds of Siberia Your name * Who would you like to send this to * Optional message Book description Henry Seebohm (1832–95) was a Yorkshire steel manufacturer and passionate amateur ornithologist. He travelled widely in Greece, Scandinavia, Turkey and South Africa studying birds in their native habitats. He served as secretary of the Royal Geological Society, was a fellow of the Linnean Society, and member of the British Ornithologists' Union and of the Zoological Society. This volume, published in 1901, contain...