Apr. 17, 2025 — A vaccine under development has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that causes bird flu. The work focuses on the H5N1 variant known as ...

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Bird flu has been circling the globe for decades. So the discovery in 2024 that the deadly pathogen had jumped from a wild bird to a cow came as a shock to virus watchers. Now, in just over a year ...

Bird beaks come in almost every shape and size - from the straw-like beak of a hummingbird to the slicing, knife-like beak of an eagle. We have found, however, that this incredible diversity is ...

The 2025 edition of the Great Backyard Bird Count soared to record participation and number of species documented, according to organizers. Highlights of this year's event included 8,078 bird ...

Are you ready to join the millions of people who enjoy birds? If so, there’s no better time than the present to take the plunge—or at least dip your toes in. But wait. Where should you go? How do you ...

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The amazing thing about filming penguins in the wild, “Secrets of the Penguins” cinematographer Bertie Gregory tells Variety, is that since the big birds don’t have land-based predators ...

In 2024, Robert Redfield, a former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), warned that it is “not a question of if, it’s more a question of when we will have a bird flu ...

The first wild eggs of an endangered bird have been laid for the first time in almost four decades, and the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden helped to play a role!The zoo says Sihek, an ...

In Agra, a 36-year-old autorickshaw driver was allegedly gang-raped by two men posing as Army personnel. They lured her with promises of helping her daughter get into a military school.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - For months, Avian Influenza was infecting birds at a dangerous rate, but now that temperatures are warming up, that may slow down, according to the Indiana Department of ...