The poop, or guano, of infected birds is teeming with viruses ... bringing them a step closer to spreading easily in humans. H5N1 viruses can infect humans, but these infections don’t travel ...

This has sounded alarm bells among researchers worried about bird flu. Here, Nature talks to infectious-disease specialists about what they’re learning about how humans get sick from the virus ...

The poop, or guano, of infected birds is teeming with viruses ... bringing them a step closer to spreading easily in humans. H5N1 viruses can infect humans, but these infections don't travel ...

A California quail walks among kale seedlings. A UC Davis study found that bird poop from small birds are unlikely to pose a food safety risk for growers. It doesn’t require a degree in ...

Birds of prey in medieval Britain relied far more heavily on scavenging human waste than previously thought, according to research that analyzed more than 30 ancient bird skeletons. Ancient red ...

Their gastric acid is as strong as battery acid and 100 times stronger than the acid found in human stomachs, which helps the birds neutralize the toxins found in their diet of decaying meat ...

Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu among poultry and dairy cattle across the United States, the country has recorded its first human death due the virus known as avian influenza A or H5N1. On Jan. 6 ...