Two friends were hiking on the Dukono volcano on the Indonesian island of Halmahera when an eruption occurred. Instead of fleeing, one of the men risked everything.

The variant of bird flu that killed a Louisiana resident has now been found in dairy cows. Until now, the human cases of bird flu traced to cattle have been mild, mostly eye infections.

In 2014, highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu viruses from Europe arrived in North America, resulting in the destruction of more than 50 million commercially farmed birds. This aggressive culling worked.

Q: The amount of effort that goes into a Christmas Bird Count varies quite a bit across years and count circles. How do you deal with this issue when you calculate abundance trends? How do you know ...

The strain had previously been found only in birds and people. Most bird flu infections in dairy cattle in the US have been the B3.13 variant, or what’s become known as the “cattle clade.” ...

The same strain is linked to the bird flu patient who died in Louisiana. A second type of bird flu has been found in dairy cows for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on ...

Jan. 21, 2025 — It's difficult to know what birds 'think' when they fly, but scientists in are getting some remarkable new insights by looking inside birds' heads. Evolutionary biologists and ...

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Bird flu has hit the zoo. Over a dozen ducks and wild birds at the Queens and Bronx zoos have died, likely all due to the avian flu sweeping the country. Three ducks at the Queens Zoo died after ...

Birds of Paradise. Image by Philip Nalangan - Own work, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=145225081, via Wikimedia Commons. Birds of Paradise ...

Beloved show Birds of a Feather was a hit with viewers for over 30 years, becoming instantly famous with one of the most recognisable theme tunes around. The BBC show first aired in 1989 ...

More than 60 birds suspected of being infected with bird flu were found dead at a Plymouth pond, officials said on Sunday. Highly pathogenic avian influenza, also known as H5N1 bird flu ...