Innovative advances in DNA sequencing are making it possible to revive extinct bird species like the dodo, great auk, ...

Sir David Attenborough explores the scientific research behind the legend of a massive ape, known as "Bigfoot," the "Yeti," or the "Abominable Snowman." Drawing on fossil evidence, he unveils the ...

Launched in 2021, Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences Inc. aims to reintroduce extinct species, some of which date back to the ...

A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...

Contrary to popular belief, dinosaurs never went extinct. They’re still alive among us – in the form of birds! Birds are the only dinosaurs that survived the cataclysmic mass extinction caused ...

There are about 40 million migratory aquatic waterfowl in North America, Osterholm says—which means there are plenty of potential bird-flu hosts, whose poop spreads disease. Read More ...

Dozens of drawings Michelangelo made while planning the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel will go on view at the Muscarelle Museum of Art after a monumental feat in networking and logistics by the ...

SUNDAY, Feb. 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- A rapidly-spreading H5N1 avian influenza, otherwise known as bird flu, has been devastating bird flocks and showing signs of spreading to other mammals. Bird ...

Bird flu is now believed to be widespread in Massachusetts and is likely present even in places where there has not been a confirmed positive, state environmental and health officials said Wednesday.

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and Europe’s Centre for Disease Control (ECDC) issued joint advice that warning of a higher risk of bird flu spreading to humans and increasing the risk of a ...

A California duck farm made headlines this week after the World Organization of Animal Health published a report by U.S. authorities that a strain of bird flu that scientists call H5N9 had been ...