Bird hotels in Indonesia try to attract swiftlets, whose edible nests are a delicacy in China. The swiftlet nests, made of dried saliva, are used to make bird's nest soup. Farmers compete to attract ...

2000-12-19 04:00:00 PDT Muk Island, Thailand-- High in the caves of Thailand's idyllic southern islands lies an unlikely treasure that people are willing to kill for -- the nest of a sparrowlike bird ...

It was not in a restaurant that I first tried one of China’s finest delicacies, bird’s nest soup. It was in the office of a nest “dealer” in the Malaysian city of Johor Bahru. Dr Tan Boon Siong ...

PERAPAKAN, Indonesia — With no windows, the gloomy, gray building looming four stories above the rice fields in a remote village in Indonesian Borneo resembles nothing more than a prison. Hundreds of ...

Birds are remarkable and fascinating creatures, able to glide through the sky with a degree of freedom we humans can only fantasize about. In many cultures, including Asian traditions, birds are ...

Ultrasonic humidifier? Check. Swiftlet Bazooka Tweeter? Check. Feces powder? Er, check. All you need now is a multistory house with no doors or windows but plenty of holes, and you’re almost ready to ...

The Agricultural Quarantine Agency (Barantin) has undertaken several mitigation measures, including audit investigations, in ...

We recorded the show in San Diego this week and invited skateboarding legend — and San Diego native — Tony Hawk to play our quiz. Since "tony hawk" could also refer to a fancy bird, we'll ask Hawk ...

Dinh Van Thuan, 40, shocked his family by announcing that he would quit his IT job at the peak of his career to become a farmer. As has been his habit for the past few years the Nam Dinh native begins ...