It is, according to the familiar Christmas carol, of particular significance on the second day of Christmas. But a new study shows that the turtle dove is verging on extinction in the UK following a ...

New research into Britain's fastest declining bird species has found that young turtle doves raised on a diet of seeds foraged from non-cultivated arable plants rather than food provided in people's ...

Local wildlife photographer Angela Marie took this photo of two turtle doves near Hauser Lake. “A long-standing symbol of Christmas, turtle doves are not really a specific species but rather a group ...

A biologist has shown that bastard doves can fend for themselves. Despite having a strange coo, hybrid offspring are still able to defend their territory. This is necessary for further reproduction.

U.K. turtle dove populations are on the rise thanks to a recent hunting ban, according to the Guardian. Over the past 30 years, the turtle dove population in the U.K. had plummeted by 98%. A Western ...

For the longest time, the mourning dove was the only species of these birds that one could see in this area or the rest of Oklahoma for that matter. Well, not including the rock dove (pigeon). The ...

Bird conservation charity, RSPB, celebrates the winner of its inaugural competition – the swift has been named the favourite ...

An Oriental turtle-dove is photographed through a scope perched in a tree at the corner of Colorado Avenue and Higgins Place around 11 a.m. on Feb. 7, 2022. Photo by Magali Gauthier. A bird sighted ...

Young turtle doves raised on a diet of seeds from non-cultivated arable plants are more likely to survive after fledging than those relying on food provided in people's gardens, new research into ...