A bird flu outbreak that has infiltrated six continents and is wreaking havoc in U.S. farms is among a group of avian influenza flu viruses first described in Italy in 1878 as a "fowl plague." ...

I know you know what that means.' / Santiago Urquijo/Moment via Getty Images Calling someone a “bird brain” isn’t really much of an insult. Birds possess extraordinary intelligence ...

Then, there was H5N1 bird flu to contend with. “It’s highly, highly transmissible,” said Naniot, who has been involved in animal rescue for 35 years. Since it was first discovered in birds ...

June 14, 2024 — Scientists have unraveled the ancestral history of one of the most iconic birds of prey in the current Iberian fauna: the Bonelli's eagle (Aquila fasciata). The study combines ...

Such symptoms could signal allergies, Covid, or a cold. This year, there’s another suspect, bird flu — but there’s no way for most doctors to know. If the government doesn’t prepare to ...

A new strain of bird flu, a.k.a. avian influenza or H5N1, has been circulating in birds and other animals around the globe for a few years now. It recently spread to dairy cows in the US ...

By Apoorva Mandavilli Apoorva Mandavilli has followed the H5N1 virus for more than 20 years. The bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle has so far spilled over to just three farmworkers in the United ...

Bird flu (or avian influenza) is a bird disease caused by specific types of influenza virus. But the virus can also infect cows. In the US, for instance, to date more than 80 dairy herds in at ...

By Apoorva Mandavilli Elephant seals in South America died in massive numbers because the bird flu virus acquired mutations that allowed it to spread among mammals, according to a new study.

Australia is dealing with three parallel outbreaks of bird flu, two near Melbourne and one near Sydney. Each involves a different strain of the virus, none of which is the H5N1 type that has ...