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 ...

US bird populations continue alarming decline 2025 State of the Birds Report calls for urgent conservation action Date: March 13, 2025 Source: Cornell University Summary: The 2025 U. S. State of ...

The health secretary has suggested allowing the virus to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Such an experiment would be disastrous, scientists say. By Apoorva Mandavilli Robert F.

Food and agriculture experts from the United Nations issued a warning about a growing bird flu crisis amid widespread poultry infections and spillover into people and animals worldwide.

The ongoing spread of the highly pathogenic bird flu worldwide is reaching an “unprecedented” scale, a United Nations agency warned Monday. Speaking at a conference in Rome, key members of the ...

Bird flu has ripped through the animal kingdom for the past few years now, killing countless birds and crossing into an alarming number of mammals. Yet people remain largely untouched. Even though ...

These are among 42 U.S. bird species that have been placed on “red alert” by the conservation initiative Road to Recovery—and included in State of the Birds 2025, a new report released by a ...

Fall migration runs between August 1 and November 30. Peak spring migration is in April. Birds are on the move as their annual spring migration begins. Radar tracking allows you to follow along to ...

Poultry cases: February saw 12.7 million domestic birds either infected with avian influenza or culled in response to an infection. The number is just more than half of January’s tally.

Their findings highlight both shared and unique aspects of vocal motor control in the birds. Whereas zebra finches produce rigid, structured songs, budgerigars exhibit a highly flexible vocal ...

"It’s dangerous for human beings to vaccinate the birds," the health secretary said John Parra/Getty; Getty Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addressed the worsening avian flu crisis, saying vaccinating ...

Canadian producer Aaron Funk – otherwise known under his Venetian Snares alias – has released his first solo single in more than 11 years. ‘Drums’ landed on Tuesday, March 18, as the first single from ...