They were searching for great auks: black and white sea birds about the size of geese which had nested on Eldey, once, in large numbers, but whose rarity meant that they were now in demand as ...

Millions of birds in U.S. poultry farms and some cattle herds have been affected, but the overall risk to humans remains low. Still, a number of human cases have been documented as a new CDC ...

New research shows how bird songs evolve with population changes. Young birds drive new songs, while older ones preserve ...

In a report published earlier this year, the CDC says there have been rare instances over the last decade where bird flu viruses have spread from mammals to people. Examples include the spread of bird ...

If the bird flu did turn into a human transmissible virus, that would potentially make the COVID-19 pandemic look like a walk in the park, and even the low rate of severe disease we've seen so far ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warned vaccines could turn "birds into mutant factories." ...

RFK Jr. has once again railed against vaccines, this time claiming that vaccinating birds against avian flu will turn flocks ...

It's been detected in a variety of bird populations since January 2022, and in March of last year, it was found in dairy cows for the first time. Since then, there have been nearly 70 human cases ...