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 ...

Yet by the early 1900s no wild ... birds flew out in large flocks scouring the countryside for food. At night they returned to the roosting area. Their scolding and chattering as they settled down for ...

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

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 ...

They frequently eat weed seeds, preferring to spend their time in meadows, plains, and orchards where there’s plenty of food supply. These yellow birds love to visit feeders stocked with nyjer and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

People also revered them for their beauty, much to the birds’ detriment. Gulls were killed in massive numbers for their feathers and their eggs were taken from the wild for human consumption.

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.