It's a controversial practice and some say it's barbaric. Now a French group for the protection of birds has said that the hunting of birds by glue-trapping hurts the country's biodiversity. They add ...

Songbirds are a culinary delicacy in Cyprus—but catching and eating them is illegal. Even so, the practice is on the rise and could be threatening rare species It wasn't until I saw the blade glinting ...

Despite progress over recent years in reducing the trapping of songbirds in Cyprus – a practice illegal since 1974 under Cypriot law and then later also under EU legislation – scientific data shows ...

Established in 1999, the Resilience Alliance is an international, multidisciplinary research organization that explores the dynamics of social-ecological systems. RA members collaborate across ...

People ride their bike on the Paris' Rivoli street, Wednesday, May 20, 2020 as France gradually lifts its COVID-19 lockdown. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) People ride their bike on the Paris' Rivoli ...

Police on a British military base in Cyprus on Thursday launched their latest weapon in the fight against illegal bird trappers –- a high-tech drone. A recent study by Britain's Royal Society for the ...

Bird-abatement programmes are gaining traction in South Africa as industries shift away from toxic poisons, using trained birds, laser systems, and other innovative methods to manage pest populations ...

Malta is a stopping-off point for some 170 species of birds migrating between Europe and Africa. But poachers kill or capture up to 200,000 wild birds every year — a problem widespread across the ...