"Birds serve as important indicators of environmental conditions." Scientists make disturbing discovery after examining the ...

More than 170 species of North American wild birds were infected with bird flu. Here's what it means for your backyard bird ...

The red-winged blackbird, at home in cattail vegetation of Minnesota’s bountiful wetlands, lakes and rivers, is a welcome ...

Birds without natural immunity that migrate or roost together in large flocks, such as geese, are most likely to die in large numbers. A recent bird flu outbreak among migratory eared grebes in Utah ...

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore, who have been stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) for nearly ten months, may finally return to Earth on March 16, according to ...

He hopes firsthand observations of these birds will help illuminate the purpose behind their biofluorescence and how visible it is in the wild. “I say it's a field that's wide open,” Sparks adds. “The ...

Foods containing orange pigments can turn bird poop orange. Carrots and sweet potatoes might do it, though it is more likely a wild bird ate invasive bittersweet, burning bush (illegal to sell in ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control, avian influenza A viruses are naturally occurring in many wild birds. The CDC also notes that while other animals may be the source of an outbreak in ...

Health officials in Ontario’s Peel Region say they are investigating suspected cases of avian influenza after a large number of dead wild birds were recently discovered. Peel Public Health says ...

Large numbers of dead wild birds found recently in Peel are believed to have been infected with avian influenza, more commonly known as the bird flu. Peel Public Health officials didn’t say ...

Taking birds of prey from the wild for falconry will only be allowed in “exceptional circumstances”, the Government has announced. The move aims to protect wild birds of prey from being ...