Once abundant throughout southeastern Australia, the critically endangered plains-wanderer is now on the brink of extinction ...

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They start as a downy ball of fluff on a remote New Zealand island. Then they fledge across the Pacific. Only a handful have ever been found again.

Halfway across the world in New Delhi, India, two brothers have made it their mission to protect a bird known as the Black ...

While we humans might spend hours perfecting a mohawk, some birds are just born to be wild. These feathery crests, often ...

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 ...

Public health experts warn that delaying research on bird flu could put veterinarians ... During President Donald Trump’s first term, CNN noted, White House officials interfered with scientific ...

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As bird flu cases rise in pockets across the country, so does concern among public health officials that the virus could mutate into something more contagious for humans. Bird flu, also known as ...

A pandemic is not inevitable, scientists say. But the outbreak has passed worrisome milestones in recent weeks, including cattle that may have been reinfected. By Apoorva Mandavilli Apoorva ...

Ten months on from the shocking discovery that a virus usually carried by wild birds can readily infect cows, at least 68 people in North America have become ill from the pathogen and one person ...

A human case of bird flu has been detected in a person in England, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said. In a statement, the agency explained that bird-to-human transmission of the ...