Contrary to its name, the common coot is no ordinary bird. Contrary to its name, the common coot is no ordinary bird. These plump, black-and-white birds have made themselves at home in the canals ...

The putrid smell of burning garbage wafts for ... sheltered from the heat, birds wheeled overhead, occasionally touched down in their own search for scraps. India generates at least 62 million ...

JAMMU, India ... garbage on the day Associated Press journalists visited. A 6-year-old boy clutched an armful of plastic sandals. As other pickers occasionally sheltered from the heat, birds ...