Hundreds of Canada Geese often hang out in the Connecticut River, in the waters of the Retreat Meadows and the West River, and in the nearby pasture and cornfield. They did so through most of ...

Exercise at high altitude is extremely challenging, largely due to hypobaric hypoxia (low oxygen levels brought about by low air pressure). In humans, the maximal rate of oxygen consumption decreases ...

The bar-headed goose (Anser indicus) flies over the tallest peaks of the Himalayas as it migrates from India to Mongolia each year. When oxygen levels in the thin air dip as low as 7 percent, the bird ...

DELEVAN, N.Y. — Birds are amazing. Intelligent, beautiful and superbly adaptive. They are related to dinosaurs and are one of the oldest species on earth. They are part of our art and our folklore.

A higher density of blood vessels and other unique physiological features in the flight muscles of bar-headed geese allow them to do what even the most elite of human athletes struggle to accomplish – ...

Researchers have shed new light on how some geese can fly high for long periods of time, according to a new study. Researchers have shed new light on how some geese can fly high for long periods of ...

HANGZHOU, China, Dec. 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Hikvision, the world's leading provider of innovative security products and solutions, is partnering with Green River, a China-based NGO that promotes ...

Go up 35,000 feet in an airliner and it’s misery—your nose gets all dried out, your ears pop, and now they’re charging $9 for a Jack and soda. All laughable plights compared to what the bar-headed ...

After all these years, turkeys and Thanksgiving just go together. However, this year I am focusing more on geese. But not for dinner. For goosing. Several times this past year I have explained my ...

Bar-headed geese migrate across the Himalayas twice a year, reaching altitudes as high as 7270 metres where the thin air contains just 30 to 50 per cent of the oxygen that air at sea level has. To ...

NAGROTA SURIYAN, India (AP) — Before the day breaks on a winter morning at the Pong Lake wetland in northern India, muffled honks of geese are heard in the distance. A lone fisherman wrapped in a ...