MARYLAND, USA — On Monday, the Maryland Zoo announced the loss of North, the northern ground hornbill. North has been a ...

The restoration process is expensive, so researchers are trying to identify which islands should be prioritized.

The Maryland Zoo is saddened to announce the passing of North, a northern ground hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus), at the age ...

Common Waxbill: This cute little bird with brownish-grey bodies has an adorable red beak. African Swamphen: This large water ...

Along the long road from American icon to endangered species and back again, the bald eagle — the national bird of the United ...

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 ...

Initial signs included increased duck mortality, prompting state officials to quarantine the farm and cull nearly 119,000 birds ... epithelial cells (blue). More CDC/NIAID via AP This discovery ...

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 ...

At the site of the Shropshire farm outbreak, the killing and disposal of a million egg-laying birds continues A person working on a farm has contracted the human version of avian flu. The UK ...

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 ...

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said the individual in the West Midlands region "had close and prolonged contact with a large number of infected birds", but would not say where the farm was.