A 3,300-year-old palace mural offers an exquisitely detailed view of several bird species, and presents an artistic mystery. A facsimile painting by Nina de Garis Davies of a 3,300-year-old ...

Egypt, the Arab world’s most populous country, has gone on high alert after a warning from the UN that the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain could hit North Africa and the Middle East.

The great white pelican was declared a threatened species in 1992. Nearly 40,000 of them pass through Israel, a major bird migratory route linking Africa with Eurasia, twice a year.

The birds painted in the facsimile are rock pigeons, which can still be found year-round in Egypt. (Image credit: Public Domain; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Antiquity Publications Ltd.) ...

It’s the first time a Northern Lapwing has been identified in the western Algerian steppes and is considered a “passing ...

By Tariq Abdalla. Every year more than 1.5 million migratory birds fly over Egypt in their migration journeys. The country is uniquely located along the Rift Valley/Red Sea Flyway -one of the most ...