Vocalizations of wild Atiu Swiftlets (Aerodramus sawtelli Holyoak 1974) were recorded as they entered and exited their roost/nesting cave on Atiu Island in the Cook Islands. The echolocation calls of ...

Swiftlets making nests in the roof of a building in Myeik city, Tanintharyi Region in southeastern Myanmar. YE AUNG THU/AFP via Getty Images "Comfort, by regulating the temperature," Zulkibli said.

David Attenborough describes how swiftlets use just spittle to build their nests, how they do it in the dark, and how he doesn't much care for the nests in soup.

Kumai's human population is about 20,000. Its population of swiftlets - the tiny birds whose nests are so valuable to the Chinese - must be 10 times that number.

At as much as $4,500 per pound, edible birds' nests are among the most expensive foods on the planet. Made from the saliva of cave-dwelling birds called swiftlets, the nests are dangerous to ...

M. Brock Fenton, Acuity of Echolocation in Collocalia hirundinacea (Aves: Apodidae), With Comments on the Distributions of Echolocating Swiftlets and Molossid Bats, Biotropica, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Apr., ...

My family and I live in Cam Ranh, a region ideal for swiftlets to thrive. Of Vietnam’s 3,200 km coastline, Khanh Hoa boasts 380 km of it, plus numerous islands. Backed by the Truong Son mountain ...

Hanh spoke at a meeting held last week in HCM City to discuss solutions for sustainable development of farming swiftlets in southern cities and provinces. Farming swiftlets for their edible bird nests ...

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On de-listing of swiftlets, some of the members wanted the animal committee to be cautious, asking the government to get its “exact status” before taking them out of the protection list. The ...

This is a new issue so the city will have to learn from the experience of other countries. Swiftlets will be initially raised in the district of Can Gio. The current swiftlet raising facilities are ...

PENANG:B/B>TheB/B>inner city population may have dwindledB/B>sinceB/B>the repeal of the Rent Control Act but a new type of inhabitants has been flocking to George Town.