A California duck farm made headlines this week after the World Organization of Animal Health published a report by U.S. authorities that a strain of bird flu that scientists call H5N9 had been ...

As the bird flu outbreak affecting poultry, dairy cows and humans in the U.S. continues to make headlines, here’s what to know about the situation as of January 23. The U.S. reported its first ...

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said the individual in the West Midlands region "had close and prolonged contact with a large number of infected birds", but would not say where the farm was.

Five-year old budding artist Freya Majury has fallen in love with the birds in her Ballygowan back garden. Along with her mother Sarah and brother Rory, she will be taking part in the Royal ...

FOX POINT, Wis.—Karen Olsen was running late to pick up a friend for a charity walk in September when she took a quick turn to avoid construction and hit a pothole, destroying two tires. “Damn ...

Ten months on from the shocking discovery that a virus usually carried by wild birds can readily infect cows, at least 68 people in North America have become ill from the pathogen and one person ...

The emergence of this Lightning figurine has the series’ fandom practically pulsating with goodwill, then. Inspired by some artwork by character designer Tetsuya Nomura, it’s set to be ...

Some artists take their craft to a whole new level, creating works that make you question whether they’re real or just ...

Birds have many features that distinguish them from other animals alive today, but their earliest ancestors looked noticeably different from the familiar creatures we’ve come to recognise. Although ...

Contrary to popular belief, dinosaurs never went extinct. They’re still alive among us – in the form of birds! Birds are the only dinosaurs that survived the cataclysmic mass extinction caused ...

The Little Egret is a striking, medium-sized heron with pure white plumage. It has a slender dagger-like black bill, long black legs, and yellow feet. During the breeding season, adults develop long, ...

The Great White Egret is a striking, tall, wading bird with pure white plumage. It has a long, slender neck, a dagger-like yellow bill, and long black legs. During the breeding season, it develops ...