northern Japan. The ministry says the bird flu virus was detected in a dead wild falcon found in the town of Otobe on September 30 and also in the droppings of wild ducks in the town of Betsukai ...

One of the earliest Japanese falconers ... Falconers bring ailing birds to a falcon hospital and shop for their needs at a mall dedicated to the sport. One afternoon, Howard and I visit the ...

TOKYO, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Ministry of the Environment has raised the nationwide bird flu alert to the ... the virus was found in the carcass of a falcon in Otobe Town and on October ...

In constant competition with the other big Japanese brands, Suzuki has made some incredibly powerful motorcycles over the ...

The peregrine falcon may be the fastest bird on earth. Its dive ... Wildlife is often a casualty of war. Not so the Japanese white-naped crane. The tension between North and South Korea has ...

Mongolian government has named the falcon as the national bird of Mongolia. All citizens and organizations have been urged to threat the bird as a symbol of Mongolian history,culture and ideology of ...

Photographer Jack Zhi's dramatic picture of a female peregrine falcon protecting her young has won this year's Bird Photographer of the Year award. The picture was taken in California and beat ...

Then a camouflaged speaker that scientists had placed nearby started to play. First came a recorded honk from an unpartnered ...

Enter the Suzuki Hayabusa — a motorcycle that needs no introduction. The word Hayabusa is Japanese for peregrine falcon, a bird that preys on blackbirds. That’s exactly what the Suzuki hyperbike did — ...

Carol Gravenor, 67, from Coed Main, Caerphilly, admitted six animal welfare offences after 26 birds were rescued from her sanctuary. A peregrine falcon with a missing eye was found in a filthy ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login This book places Bird's visit to Japan in the context of her worldwide life of travel and provides an introduction to the woman herself.

Many of the birds were found injured, including this peregrine falcon with a missing eye that later had to be put down The owner of bird rescue centre has been given a lifetime ban from keeping ...