A new type of bird flu has been detected in dairy cattle in Nevada, according to the USDA. The strain is different from the version that has spread in U.S. herds since last year. Officials say ...

The cattle egret wades through the water, its sharp eyes scanning for insects and other small prey. Little does it know that it too is being watched, not by a predator, but by keen observers who ...

There are two types around here, little egrets and rarer cattle egrets. Imagine my surprise when, a few days later, I took an afternoon sweep through our farm and spotted a cattle egret standing ...

Egrets typically have regular swamps, lakes, sticky woodlands, and other wetland conditions. They are swimming birds and catch little fishes, creatures of land and water, reptiles, warm-blooded ...

Bill Gates admitted his split from Melinda Gates after 27 years of marriage will always be the thing he regrets most in his life. “I’m more cheerful now,” he admitted in an interview with ...

A mysterious item from the inner workings of a cow has sparked a worldwide scramble. Hardened lumps of bile known as cattle gallstones have become so valuable that criminal rings on multiple ...

U.S. cattle placements fell during December. The USDA says 1.642 million cattle entered U.S. feedlots last month, a decline 3% on the year. That was below the range of pre-report expectations, ...

Long ago, the vulture was believed to signal impending doom. In modern-day Tarrant and Johnson counties, it’s the cattle egret we dread. Over the past 60 years, the eastern half of Texas has ...

Two great egrets build a nest at the Google campus rookery at Shorebird Way in Mountain View. Dozens of birds nest at the Google campus each year. Courtesy Tom Grey. Every year, dozens of egrets and ...