Avian influenza (AI) is a highly contagious viral disease affecting poultry and wild water birds, posing significant global challenges due to its high mortality rates and economic impacts. Highly ...

The birds are experiencing Zugunruhe, or migratory restlessness. It has been going on for generations, and the birds are slaves to the feeling. Migration is the Olympics of the bird world.

a flock of pheasants in Erath County became the first case of the bird flu in Texas. Since then, the bird flu has mutated across species — including humans — and plagued chickens and dairy ...

North To New York shares stories of the Great Migration to NY's Capital Region ... (Pensive music, birds chirping) - My dad told me, had he stayed in Mississippi, he would've been killed because ...

vital stop-over sites in North-Africa are shrinking and drying up due to climate change. With fewer safe havens, birds reach their destinations weaker, reducing their chances of survival and ...

People have always been interested in where wild animals go, especially when they were a primary food source. Now one of the questions is: why are North American grassland bird populations shrinking?

Other species traveling north don’t travel quite as far, taking up residence in forests, meadows, backyards, and parks across the US during the warmer months. Regardless of their final destination, ...

A new strain of the H5N1 bird flu virus has been detected in milk samples collected from dairy ... "I'm not surprised that we're seeing additional introductions, particularly given the very widespread ...

Scientists believe a single spillover event, from birds to cattle, in the Texas Panhandle in late 2023 ... In contrast, two cases of severe illness in North America were associated with this ...

Some notable takeaways from the report include: Southern states remained a top destination for inbound migration, specifically South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Georgia Idaho ...

The D1.1 genotype is the predominant strain spreading in migratory birds in the North American flyway this ... jumping from wild birds to cows in Texas, possibly sometime in late 2023.