A mysterious disease caused thousands of sparrows to drop dead about the Fair Islanders as they sat grimly at their knitting. No local scientist could explain why the sparrows were falling.

Birding experts Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman write, "These sparrows molt into a fresh plumage in fall, with brand-new feathers, so their markings are sharper from fall to early spring. By summer ...

A newly discovered painting of a sparrow drawn by a Tokugawa shogun will be put on display at the Fuchu Art Museum in western Tokyo in September 2021. Museum curator Nobuhisa Kaneko identified the ...

A survey undertaken by the Travancore Nature History Society (TNHS), a non-governmental organisation, a day ago has shed light on the fall in sparrow population. The study, which spanned various ...

Landscape photographer Imai Go has a soft spot for sparrows. It's an interest that began four years ago when he captured some images of one of the tiny, delicate birds nibbling on cherry blossom buds.

VIJAYAWADA: Sparrows, once an integral part of households and farms, are now on the brink of extinction due to rapid urbanisation, air pollution, radiation from cell towers, and habitat loss.