Using a common backyard bird, the Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), a new study provides the first-ever description of how a wild bird's microbiome relates to its ornamentation and body ...

More than 170 species of North American wild birds were infected with bird flu. Here's what it means for your backyard bird ...

Bird flu has spread widely in poultry, causing egg shortages. Virus spillover has occurred in various mammal species, including humans. H5N1 does not currently have the ability to spread human to ...

The term ‘songbird’ seems self-defining: a wild bird that chirps ... Northern Cardinal For anyone interested in attracting cardinals, this bird is easily twice as big as the chickadee but ...

But what has been the toll on wild birds? More than 170 species of North American wild birds – including ducks, geese, gulls, owls, eagles and others – have been infected with bird flu.

More than 170 species of North American wild birds — including ducks, geese, gulls, owls, eagles and others — also were infected with bird flu. Take precautions around sick or dead wild ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bird flu has devastated poultry and dairy farms, and sent the price of eggs soaring in the United States since it was first detected in North America in late 2021. But what has been ...