Bird flu fears have focused on the poultry and dairy industries and human health. But wild animals are threatened, too—at ...

Uhart worries similar issues may develop because of bird flu—particularly in Antarctica, where Brown Skuas that eat seal carcasses, penguin chicks and seabird eggs have been hard hit. Especially in ...

Chickens are highly susceptible to avian flu, but a few precautions can keep them and their humans safe.

New versions of the H5N1 virus are increasingly adept at spreading. Suggestions to either let it rip in poultry or vaccinate the birds could backfire.

HPAI is more than an animal health crisis: it is a global emergency destabilizing agriculture, food security, trade and ...

Influenza viruses are shifty entities. A seemingly ingenious and sneaky way for viruses to make these leaps is by swapping genetic material with other flu strains. Called reassortment, this ...

A gay penguin couple have stepped in to hatch and raise a baby chick after it was born at Chester Zoo. Males Scampi and Flounder took on the parenting responsibility after ten rare Humboldt ...

Bird flu continues to spread quickly through the U.S. farm system because that system is inherently a viral playground.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ended its emergency response to the H5N1 avian flu. A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said that the ...

The State Board of Animal Health this week declared Indiana's bird flu outbreak over after more than four years and following the destruction of some 8 million infected egg-laying chickens that ...

Members stated, “avian flu is dangerous and uncontrolled. Instead of moving forward with promising vaccines, however, your department has endorsed unorthodox and untested strategies to contain ...