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Zimbabwe culls 120 000 quelea birds to protect winter wheat

Close to 120,000 quelea birds have been culled in Manicaland and Masvingo provinces as the Government intensifies efforts to protect the country's winter wheat crop from one of its most destructive migratory pests.According to officials, 7…

Published: 05 Aug 2025 at 18:25hrs | 530 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe stockpiles quelea bird chemical, aircraft tech

The Zimbabwean government says it is prepared to deploy aircraft to combat the spread of quelea birds as part of urgent efforts to safeguard the country's winter wheat crop, which has now entered its critical reproductive phase.Permanent S…

Published: 23 Jul 2025 at 14:05hrs | 106 | by Staff reporter

Birds of a feather flock together

Catch them young. Birds of a feather flock together. In the photo is Anesu Ajana (holding his impressive school report), a second grader and academic starlet of Chinehasha Primary School in Chiweshe, Mash. Central. He came out with flying …

Published: 10 Aug 2024 at 07:43hrs | 1439 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Drones to control Tsetse flies, quelea birds in Zimbabwe

Drones are now part of efforts to control infestation of tsetse flies and quelea birds, as the Government moves on to step up ways to digitalise the economy.Authorities are making efforts to make sure that all farming and settled areas acr…

Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:40hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Vultures face extinction as betting outlets sprout

THE mushrooming of sports betting outlets has given rise to a demand for a concoction of vulture body parts used as luck charms, a factor which might result in the extinction of the carnivorous bird.According to traditional healers, there …

Published: 11 Dec 2016 at 08:28hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Birds once had four wings - Study

In order to achieve bipedal flight, birds first had to ditch two hind wings over the course of their evolution, according to a study to be published Friday in the journal Science.Recently, several fossils have shown that some dinosaurs had…

Published: 19 Mar 2013 at 08:03hrs | 183 | by Tech reporter

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Search / Birds

Zimbabwe culls 120 000 quelea birds to protect winter wheat

Zimbabwe stockpiles quelea bird chemical, aircraft tech

Birds of a feather flock together

Drones to control Tsetse flies, quelea birds in Zimbabwe

Vultures face extinction as betting outlets sprout

Birds once had four wings - Study

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