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Migratory birds are getting a bad rap right now, as avian influenza cases multiply and appear in new species. “The reason it’s become such a threat is because of how widespread it’s become in wild ...

As highly pathogenic avian influenza spreads among wild birds in Texas, Laredo public health officials say there have been no ...

Potentially deadly avian flu, or H5 bird flu, has been found in wild birds in all 50 states. Other animals, including cats ...

Millions of Americans enjoy feeding and watching backyard birds. Many people make a point of putting food out in winter, when birds needs extra energy, and spring, when many species build nests and ...

Two dozen dead geese prompted Allentown to close all or part of three parks over bird flu fears. Reports have come in about dead birds along the Shark River in Neptune and the beach in Lavallette.

BOSTON, Mass. (SHNS)–Massachusetts health and environmental agencies on Wednesday offered fresh warnings about “widespread” bird flu suspected of killing wildlife and domestic poultry, asking people ...

Jersey's most recent outbreak was in 2023 and the animal health and welfare team has urged islanders to report dead wild birds, especially swans, ducks, geese, gulls and birds of prey but warned them ...

Millions of birds pass through our yards during their bi-annual migrations, but they face an invisible killer along the way: glass windows. In the US alone, an estimated one billion birds die each ...