Highly pathogenic bird flu has quietly spread into another cluster of live-bird markets, with federal data and state alerts flagging nine new detections nationwide. Eight are in New York City and one ...

The severe weather in the first two months of 2026, however, has apparently created the perfect conditions for a waterfowl ...

After H5N1 bird flu was detected in elephant seals gathered at Año Nuevo State Park, other marine mammals have also succumbed, including a sea otter and sea lion. So far, only animals in San Mateo ...

Minnesota officials have quarantined a Stearns County dairy herd after milk samples tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu. The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed the results March 21, ...

A few dozen birdwatchers gathered in the predawn darkness to wait for the moment when thousands of migrating snow geese ...

For the lowrider community, it’s validation of the vibrant artistic expression that blossomed in the 1940s in the ...

This installment looks at whooping cranes, an endangered species with a population that migrates between Canada and Texas.

Two weeks after scientists confirmed the first-ever outbreak of avian influenza, or bird flu, in elephant seals along the California coast, the disease has spread to other marine mammals, researchers ...

Scientists estimate more than 60 marine mammals may have been infected by the virus.

After a catastrophic outbreak of bird flu devastated southern elephant seal populations in 2023, scientists are on high alert.

The first seven cases of avian influenza were confirmed by preliminary testing at UC Davis and confirmatory testing by the ...