GANGNEUNG, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Birds were found resilient in their old habitat despite a massive wildfire that devastated the area. A wildfire, which engulfed near Gyeongpo Lake in the northeastern coastal city of Gangneung last April, devastated 121 hectares of forest. Since then, new plants have gradually covered the devastated area in a [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A spot-billed duck with unusual looks was recently seen in the Namdaecheon Stream in the city of Gangneung, Gangwon Province. Instead of having brownish features, the duck was uniquely white. The duck didn’t seem to have problems mingling with the flock, engaging in rigorous feeding activities, and flying around [...]
CHANGWON, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Junam Reservoir, a migratory bird habitat 400 kilometers southeast of Seoul, has recently garnered attention following the discovery of a wide range of predatory birds. Birds of prey like white-tailed sea eagles, goshawks, sparrow hawks and hen harriers that are designated natural monuments were observed at the reservoir, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Birds indigenous to China are being found in South Korea, largely due to climate change, a study showed Sunday. A thesis published in the recent edition of the Korean Journal of Phycology reported that two silver-throated tits were discovered on Socheong Island in Incheon in March of last year. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 40,000 birds have died after running into glass and soundproof walls in the last four years, data showed Monday. Naturing, an open platform for nature-watching, said that since July 2018, 3,497 of its members found 38,084 birds killed in collisions with glass buildings and transparent soundproof walls [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Recent scientific reports have described a sharp decline in global vertebrate populations, and South Korea does not appear to be immune to the decline in the diversity of species. According to Choi Chang-yong, a forestry science professor at Seoul National University, the population of swallows plunged from 2,289 per [...]
JEJU, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — With hundreds of rooks being captured every year on the southern resort island of Jeju due to the damage they cause to agricultural crops, voices are growing to find ways to coexist with the birds rather than capturing them. On Udo Island, one of the small islands off the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — More than two-thirds of all blackout accidents caused by birds in the last three years were the work of magpies, South Korea’s state-run utility firm said Sunday. The Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) reported that out of all 133 bird-led blackouts that happened between 2018 and 2020, 93 cases [...]
GWANGJU, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — An animal rights organization has announced plans to begin a thorough investigation into the use of pictures of rapacious birds on transparent sound walls, which it claims are ineffective against preventing birds from colliding with these types of barriers. The ‘Angry Vegans’, an animal rights organization active in the [...]
SINAN, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Sinan County in South Jeolla Province has attached stickers to buildings inside its county office complex to prevent wild birds from flying into glass windows. Wild birds often fail to recognize building windows as obstacles, posing as a serious risk factor. Since birds fly at a speed of 36 [...]