Poultry flocks infected with bird flu are culled to prevent the spread of the virus whereas culling wild birds is generally ...

Bosnia has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on ...

Homeowners are being advised to stop using bird tables after the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) said they ...

A parish councillor resigned after distressing footage showed a cat seemingly targeted with an explosive left on a bird table in his garden.

This change hasn’t been seen in other D1.1 infections in wild birds or poultry, according to the USDA. It raises the possibility that another animal, perhaps a cat or fox, brought the virus onto ...

Wintering birds, including the celebrated snow geese, return to California winter. The down side is migrating birds can help spread H5N1 bird flu and other diseases among other bird species ...

Research suggests that B3.13 is less likely to result in severe disease for humans, unlike other bird flu strains overseas. The risk is different for other animals, like pet cats, which have ...

For decades, scientists have wondered at the taxonomy of Vegavis iaai— an ancient avian specimen that lived in what is now ...

But researchers say something ominous is happening in wild animals and not just birds. NPR's Gabrielle Emanuel reports. GABRIELLE EMANUEL, BYLINE: Last year, Marcela Uhart was walking on a beach ...

Scientists are still trying to understand exactly how the virus spreads between animals. One theory is that scavenger birds feast on mammal carcasses “that are loaded with virus, then they get ...

Great Backyard Bird Count” asks people to track the birds they see and hear over a few days. The information can help ...

We have a natural fascination with time—how landscapes have been carved over millennia, how our bodies grow and sag with age, ...