While sitting on my back porch one day during late afternoon, my leisurely pursuit was interrupted as a large and seemingly nervous flock of red-winged blackbirds happened to fly by my location. The ...

Sanderlings run in groups as they hunt for food in the sand on Long Beach Island, N.J. Vicki Jauron, Babylon and Beyond Photography/Moment via Getty Images The late Oxford University biologist William ...

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reports that after a summer pause, Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza has returned in significant ...

Migrating wild birds are spreading the virus to domesticated flocks, increasing the risk of eventually seeing a human ...

Thousands of migratory cranes have been killed in a severe outbreak of bird flu in France. The outbreak, which began last ...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. — As avian influenza continues to spread across the country, farmers and backyard poultry owners are being urged to take precautions to prevent further outbreaks. The Maryland ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Officials have found highly pathogenic avian influenza — bird flu — in another poultry flock in Ottawa County. HPAI was found in a backyard flock Friday, state tracking ...

Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon has said that a compulsory housing order is being introduced for poultry and captive ...

A COMMERCIAL TURKEY flock in Co Carlow has got bird flu, the Department of Agriculture has confirmed. Restriction zones have been put in place around the holding to protect other flocks from the ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Joan Strassmann, Washington University in St. Louis (THE CONVERSATION) As I walked ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The late Oxford University biologist William D. Hamilton discussed the advantages of ...