Even a single gene, reshuffled or regulated in new ways, can fuel repeated bursts of evolutionary innovation, according to a recent study of wheatear birds. A study was recently published in the ...

The Wheatear, in Maltese Kuda, is another common spring visitor that is rather common from March to May and from August to November. It is occasionally recorded in winter and in June. There are ...

A surprise Northern Wheatear: Ever heard of a wheatear? If you haven’t, here’s a hint - it’s a bird. Does that help? Earlier in the month I wrote a column about spotting an American White Pelican ...

Adult female Isabelline wheatear, Oenanthe isabellina (protonym, Saxicola isabellina), also known as the Isabelline chat, photographed at Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania (Africa). Image: Dan ...

The sharp-eyed northern wheatear is a songbird that weighs a mere 25 grams, about the same as two tablespoons of flour. With its spindly legs, its muted white, brown and black colour, who would think ...

Your chances of setting out and finding a northern wheatear in Tennessee are practically nil. In fact, no one had even documented one in Tennessee until Tony King of Lenoir City discovered one on Nov.

Kannur: A rare species of migratory bird, Pied Wheatear, was recently spotted at Madayipara in Kannur by ophthalmologist and ornithologist Dr. Jayan Thomas. This is the first time there was a record ...

For the first time, Ontario scientists have proven what they long suspected — the wheatear is the only songbird that breeds in the Canadian Arctic and Alaska and spends the winter in Africa. The ...

Panaji: In a rare sighting that thrilled local birders, a juvenile pied wheatear (oenanthe pleschanka) was spotted earlier this month at the Verna industrial estate. The small migratory songbird, less ...

The isabelline wheatear was spotted in Colyford Common, part of Seaton Wetlands in Devon, on January 1 - and stuck around ever since. Experts say it has ‘overwintered’ in the UK. Recommended Church ...

Around this time of year, birders Senthilnathan S and Srivathsan Nagarajan are habitues of the Adyar Estuary, the Broken Bridge side of it. Any birder in Chennai worth his salt would be. The Adyar ...