The black-necked crane, a first-class national protected wild animal in China, is officially designated as the "City Bird" of Lhasa, the capital of the Xizang autonomous region. [Photo by Jigme ...

A new version of the virus is widespread in wild birds but had not previously been detected in cows. By Emily Anthes and Apoorva Mandavilli Dairy cows in Nevada have been infected with a new form ...

There are about 40 million migratory aquatic waterfowl in North America, Osterholm says—which means there are plenty of potential bird-flu hosts, whose poop spreads disease. Read More ...

A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...

Here’s what experts want you to know. By Dani Blum Bird flu is striking chickens across the country, causing shortages and pushing up prices at retailers and restaurants. Last week, one of the ...

In February 2024, government veterinarians in the Czech Republic investigating a bird flu outbreak found themselves in the middle of a puzzling case. The highly pathogenic H5N1 virus was ...

Bird flu is here to stay. The H5N1 avian influenza is proliferating among U.S. cows and there are now two strains circulating among mammals and birds. Though there are only 68 confirmed cases in ...

Hundreds of birds were euthanized after a joint investigation led to their seizure from an alleged cockfighting operation in Kansas. The Humane World for Animals (formerly the Humane Society of ...