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

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.

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Dozens of humans in the U.S. have had bird flu, but there have been no human cases locally, said Dr. Patrick Luedtke, Lane ...

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 ...

A California duck farm made headlines this week after the World Organization of Animal Health published a report by U.S. authorities that a strain of bird flu that scientists call H5N9 had been ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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 ...