There are many different styles and types of kite, with each region of Japan having a characteristic shape. The decoration often depicts characters from Japanese folklore or have some religious or ...

Getty Images Red kites are birds of prey that mostly feed ... "Given the history of the species in Wales, there's understandably a precautious approach to anything that might harm that recovery." ...

Numbers of kites had declined over a 200-year period and by the 1980s they were one of only three globally-threatened species in the UK. Thirteen young birds were brought over from Spain and ...

The Italian ecologist knew the trash hung from the nests of a certain bird, the black kite. But why? Many species of birds decorate their nests to attract a mate—but kites already have partners ...

ATTEMPTS to use kites for meteorological observations in the upper air began more than a century ago. The lack of light instruments which record automatically and continuously, prevented the ...

The Northern Kites project released almost 100 of the ... back "right on to the edge" of the urban population. "This is a species that has a long history of being close to people," he said.