Three cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza were detected in Washington state in October.

Feeding garden birds is an enjoyable pastime for many, but one drawback can be that spilled bird seed begins to grow and create a blanket of weeds below your feeder. To combat this, many companies now ...

They’re so beloved as pets that international traffickers are now stealing them from the wild. A female eclectus parrot casts a quizzical look at the camera. Although most male birds are ...

California health officials began providing protective clothing to farmworkers months before the state’s first bird flu ...

When it comes to birds’ welfare, it’s not just nature they need to fear. It’s also glass windows and walls. But printing on glass can reduce the danger. For those looking to go for ...

Researchers at University College Cork (UCC) have found that the gut microbiome affects the health of wild birds, which could impact their survival rates and ultimately population sizes.

The people with confirmed infections worked with dairy cattle infected with the H5N1 virus, also known as bird flu, which suggests that the virus has not yet developed the ability to effectively ...

“Previously, it’s really been thought that the spread comes from wild birds into poultry, then to humans,” said Hannah Klim, a PhD student at the University of Oxford’s Centre for Human ...

and the initial supplies of its jab are already earmarked for use in Finland where there have been H5N1 outbreaks not only involving wild and domesticated birds, but also on fur farms. A total of ...

Officials say they have not identified the source of the virus, but suggested a few possibilities, including discarded contaminated animal products and infected wild bird droppings. They are also ...

The H5N1 2.3.4.4b strain of the virus has already killed hundreds of millions of wild and domestic birds and mammals around the world. But not here — yet. Australia is the last continent free of ...

Pigeons can recognize words and follow directions, and can recognize people and themselves in a mirror, said the park ranger, who previously worked for New York City's Wild Bird Fund rescue group.