The Bird That Builds Its Own Incubator and Raises Itself

Did you know that megapodes create natural incubators for their chicks? That’s right, these chicken-like birds are known as ...
Hindustan Times

An ode to the Megapode sanctuary

In January 2021, the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) took a series of decisions — one of them was to denotify a wildlife sanctuary in the Nicobar Islands. The standing committee of the board noted ...
Grist

Two Turntables and a Megapode

This week was for the birds — in a good way: Two previously endangered species seem to be enjoying a rebound. The population of the once desperately rare Polynesian Megapode has doubled and the bird ...
Gizmodo

The Bird That Invented Home Insulation

There are some animals you look at and wonder: How in the world did they evolve? One such bird is the megapode. This is a bird that, to carry on its species, creates a nest that incorporates materials ...
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How ornithologists Ravi Sankaran and K Sivakumar studied the rare Nicobar Megapode

Dr Ravi Sankaran is something of a legend in ecological circles, especially for his work on birds that are found in the most challenging landscapes that nobody bothered to study. But also because he ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Pacific's last megapodes saved from extinction

The Pacific's last megapode - a bird with large feet that uses hot volcanic ash to incubate its eggs - has been rescued from the brink of extinction, researchers said. Dr Dick Watling, an independent ...
AOL

The Bird That Builds Its Own Incubator and Raises Itself

Maleo (Macrocephalon maleo) Megapode bird endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia, lays eggs in hot sand and abandons ENDANGERED© Riza Marlon/Shutterstock.com Did you know that megapodes create natural ...