Key mutations and animal spread could raise the risk to humans. Bird flu is spreading. The avian influenza virus H5N1 has ...

Getting inventive can also help entice new birders, Jimenez says. Rather than barrage newbies with names and numbers, set ...

The tiny particles are widespread in waterbirds around the world. Now, research is finding them in neighborhood songbirds, ...

A flutter of blue and yellow darts through a field in late May. Trees, shrubs and summer flowers fill the landscape. A ...

After tracking patterns migration, scientists found that bald eagles are operating on a schedule different from their other ...

Simulation finds quarantining is most effective in controlling human spread as long as it is done when number of infected people is as low as two ...

The annual event welcomes birders of all skill levels and helps regions track how growth is impacting bird populations.

Pumas in Patagonia, Argentina are eating penguins in a national park — and it's changing how the big cats are interacting ...

In the rainforests of New Guinea lives a bird unlike any other - the Hooded Pitohui, known as the world's only toxic bird.

A new study has uncovered a terrifying trait in bird flu viruses — they can survive even during high fevers, one of the body’s strongest defenses against infections. Researchers from Cambridge and ...

In Old Norse mythology, Baldr, the son of the god Odin and the goddess Frigg, was slain with a mistletoe spear. Some interpretations suggest that, “kissing under the mistletoe symbolizes forgiveness, ...

Birders and nature enthusiasts in LaRue County who have a desire to help local conservation are invited to participate Dec.