A new EU-commissioned study reveals that the ortolan buntings that migrate through France are endangered, yet public outcry to allow legal use of these wild birds in traditional French cuisine are ...

French gastronomy has more than its share of unusual culinary traditions (for example, frog legs), but there's a certain controversial dish that just might win the top prize. The meal is considered so ...

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Scottish haggis. Mexican chili-dusted grasshoppers. On the world's list of weird foods, ortolan — a bite-size songbird roasted and gulped down whole — can claim a place of distinction. Subscribe to ...

To some the ortolan bunting is an important part of French culinary culture. For others, a bird that needs protection. Fatty and imbued with a subtle hazelnut flavor, the ortolan bunting is a ...

To prepare one of the most notorious dishes in French cuisine, you start by locking a small, live songbird in a darkened box with a large amount of millet. Closed away from the light, the bird eats ...

Every year, nearly five million breeding pairs of ortolan buntings -- a type of tiny songbird classified as endangered in several countries -- migrate from Europe to Africa for the winter. You see, ...

A male ortolan bunting from Russia, with a light logger on its back. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the May 22nd, 2019, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by F ...

A male ortolan bunting, Lithuania. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the May 22nd, 2019, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by F. Jiguet at Centre d'Écologie et ...