Bustards are incredibly large birds, with some males of the species reaching nearly 45 pounds, ... Meat-rich parts of the bird were found near the feet and legs of a human male, ...

A treacherous combination of habitat degradation, illegal hunting, and predation has pushed the Great Indian bustard, one of the world’s heaviest flying birds, to the brink of extinction in ...

The bird in question is the Great Indian Bustard – commonly referred to as GIB (and godawan in Hindi) – that has been marked Critically Endangered in the IUCN red list.Once commonly found in ...

In the wild, the great bustard (Otis tarda) is pretty hard to miss.Some can weigh as much as 30 pounds and its feathers are uniquely colored. They are the heaviest birds living today that can fly ...

Nov. 23 (UPI) --The great bustard actively seeks out medicinal plants that can kill pathogens, according to a study published Wednesday in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. The study published ...

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