An advertisement for the 1994 World Cup, fast food wrappers, COVID-19 masks—what birds used to build their nests reflects a ...

Yes, there are more birds singing at this time of year. But their symphony is also louder and more energetic than ever—and ...

This tiny bird sculpture was created 40,000 years ago by early humans in Europe who carved the key animals in their lives.

A dangerous bird flu, in other words, was suddenly circulating in mammals—mammals with which people have ongoing, extensive ...

In parts of South Florida, it’s not rush hour or construction that brings traffic to a halt — it’s peacocks. The large, ...

In early 2024, the bird influenza that had been spreading across the globe for nearly three decades did something wholly unexpected: It showed up in dairy cows in the Texas Panhandle. A dangerous ...

One year ago, a human infection of bird flu was reported in Texas. One year ago, the first bird flu infection in a human in the United States was reported in a Texas dairy worker, just weeks after ...

Author Matt Kracht takes TODAY’s Al Roker bird watching in Central Park to share how he first published “The Field Guide to Dumb Birds” and turned it into a bestselling series that combines ...

New research suggests conservation efforts could more effectively identify and protect bird species at greatest risk from climate change by better understanding the range of specific conditions they ...

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 ...

Bird flu “is adapting to mammals, and it continues to show new tricks,” Nelson tells The Verge. The virus is spreading widely in domestic and wild animals, while exact transmission routes ...

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.