A Java sparrow named "Omame sensei" draws a tarot card at the Kissho Tennyo Koryuten fortune-telling shop in Yokohama's Naka Ward on Feb. 14, 2025. (Mainichi/Chika Yokomi) ...

Such precise nesting requirements helped make the sparrow a perfect measure for restoring historic water flow across the prairies that dry out in spring and fill with wildflowers and orchids.

Anthropogenic disturbance may cause birds to flush and relocate, abandon breeding sites, experience increased nest failure, or fledge fewer young. Ground-based military activities are of particular ...

At Kissho Tennyo Koryuten in Yokohama's Naka Ward, four of the birds, collectively referred to as "Buncho sensei" (Java sparrow teachers), are being used to tell customers' fortunes. They are kept ...

Climate Change Sea rise could wipe out coastal nesting grounds for endangered Everglades sparrow within decades By Jenny Staletovich April 25, 2023 10:57 AM ...