The Golf Ball Launcher is a new concept that can make golf accessible and fun for everyone. picked by whi73rav3n 1 year ago

The new bird, Eoconfuciusornis is the oldest known confuciusornithid, a group unique to China. It therefore represents an early stage in bird evolution. Confuciusornithids lived from 120-131 million years ago and include the oldest birds with horny beaks. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

See a bird and have no clue what it is? This website is a fantastic search engine for wild birds and guides you through choosing its shape, colour, habitat and call and helps you identify the bird!

I find this site super useful and always refer to it when I venture out of my province.

"That Bird is a Liar!" picked by chinook 5 months ago

Her reasoning? The golf course has a "design flaw" which was entirely to blame for the accident. She also claims that she wasn't properly warned about the hazards of the sport. picked by ReBoot 8 months ago

Fears of bird flu thwarted the flight, and the vulture was freed in northern Thailand on Thursday, thousands of miles from home. China and South Korea refused to let the bird be flown through their capitals, despite tests showing it did not have bird flu. picked by suebe 1 year ago

A wild bird is little worse for wear after being hit by a car while crossing a road, then spending two days trapped behind the car's grille. Connie Ankli said she unknowingly drove around with the bird, believed to be a quail, inside her vehicle's front end. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A small greenish bird that has been playing hide-and-seek with ornithologists on a remote Indonesian island since 1996 was declared a newly discovered species on Friday and promptly recommended for endangered lists. The new species is called the Togian white-eye, or Zosterops somadikartai. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Falling Bird Prank [video] picked by sbalaciu 1 year ago

Russian school kids killed a bird at a parade picked by sbalaciu 1 year ago

Cambodia and Vietnam are going to build a $100 million golf course straddling their border in a region heavily bombed by U.S. forces in their anti-communist war in the 1960s and 70s. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

“I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf,” he said. “I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal.” picked by 2manyusernames 4 months ago

Bill Murray could face a drunken driving charge after cruising through downtown Stockholm in a golf cart and refusing to take a breath test, citing U.S. law. picked by muppet 1 year ago

A shorebird called a bar-tailed godwit, like the one pictured here, was recently found to have flown 7,145 miles (11,500 kilometers) nonstop from Alaska to New Zealand, the longest uninterrupted bird migration ever recorded, scientists say. picked by maxriter 12 months ago

Using ESO's Very Large Telescope, an international team of astronomers has discovered a stunning rare case of a triple merger of galaxies. This system, which astronomers have dubbed 'The Bird' - albeit it also bears resemblance with a cosmic Tinker Bell - is composed of two massive spiral galaxies and a third irregular galaxy. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Bird of prey found dead along road had claw sticking through its chest. picked by arsphidius 4 months ago

A bird that caught fire after being electrocuted at a substation is suspected of igniting a 2 acre wildfire Monday. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

These pictures show what happened when a speedboat went out of control, flew through the air and landed in the bunker of a golf course. picked by topofall 4 months ago

GRETNA, La. (AP) - Paul Prudhomme was setting up his cooking tent on the practice range at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans golf event when he felt a sting in his right arm, just above his elbow.

Prudhomme shook his shirt sleeve and a .22-caliber bullet fell to the ground, a spokesman for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said. picked by ImNotBlue 5 months ago

Texas Tech University used computer programs originally designed for aircraft to analyze the probable flight characteristics of Argentavis magnificens, a giant bird that lived in South America 6 million years ago. picked by kxmk 1 year ago

The small Pacific Island nation of Kiribati has become a global conservation leader by establishing the world's largest marine protected area – a California-sized ocean wilderness of pristine coral reefs and rich fish populations threatened by over-fishing and climate change. picked by MandolinOrange 6 months ago