It means darker, duller birds could have a survival advantage. By Marta Zaraska Some popular city dwellers appear to be losing their colorful allure, and not just the dirty birds. According to a ...

These Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest images celebrate our feathered friends Text by Tracy Scott Forson Photographs selected by Jeff Campagna Birds can be found on every continent—some living ...

About one in four also slaughters larger animals, like sheep, goats, cows and pigs. As bird flu spreads to every corner of the globe, so-called wet markets like these are worrying public health ...

After observing thousands of records over decades, researchers found that birds of a feather may actually stick together during the annual migration in the U.S. Migratory songbirds like the cape ...

A southern cassowary chick, one of the world's largest and deadliest birds, has been successfully hatched for the first time at a bird park in the Cotswolds. Keepers at Birdland in Bourton-on-the ...

Health officials have identified a person in Missouri sick with bird flu despite having no known contact with animals — marking the first case of the virus in the U.S. this year not linked to ...

It’s also the first H5 case detected through the country’s national flu surveillance system rather than targeted surveillance of the ongoing bird flu outbreak in animals. Sign up here to get ...

Last week, the Australian government issued a warning to residents travelling to Europe, North America, South America and Asia about the risk of bird flu. The alert, published on the Smartraveller ...

A record number of volunteers have signed up to campaign for the 2024 Bird of the Year competition, which is set to have fresh controversy over the birds selected to compete. The annual event is back ...

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