That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and ...

Flightless species of birds (such as ostriches, which are the largest living birds) tend to outsize any of the largest birds ...

Ever wondered what role the neck serves? Besides holding the head in place, of course. Depending on the bird's diet and ...

The things that freak people out about Muscovy ducks are the caruncles, sometimes called wattles – the prominent, bright red, ...

On a global scale, the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus is spreading southwards in wild waterfowl into Central and South America, with associated ... has come in contact with dead ...

There are over 10,000 species of birds in the world. Some, like the bumblebee hummingbird, are very small. Others, like the ...

Nonstop flights direct from Iowa to Venezuela are rare, unless you happen to be a well-fed pectoral sandpiper. If it finds ...

Scientists find that 82 percent of birds-of-paradise species show biofluorescence, often on their feathers, throat or inner ...

The other half, including the “N” segment, comes from a low-pathogenic flu virus that was already present in birds in North America. D1.1 was first detected in wild birds September 2024 ...

Some species of birds like geese save energy by flying in close formation. Airliners could use a similar trick to burn less fuel. In the early 1500s, Italian Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci ...

South Korean authorities ... will be ordered to install bird detection cameras and radars after the Jeju Air crash that left 179 people dead. The Boeing 737-800 was flying from Thailand to Muan ...