So far, it has been difficult for people to catch H5N1. In people, mild cases of bird flu cause symptoms similar to those of the seasonal flu, such as fever, runny nose, body aches and fatigue ...

They’re venomous cannibals, hiding in our homes. With something like fifteen quadrillion spiders around, we can’t escape them ...

The variant of bird flu that killed a Louisiana resident ... The state said the risk of someone catching the virus from cows is "low," and that pasteurized dairy and well-cooked meat products ...

At least four cattle herds in Nevada have tested positive for a strain of H5N1 bird flu never before seen in cows, state agriculture officials confirmed Wednesday, and respiratory symptoms like ...

The same strain is linked to the bird flu patient who died in Louisiana. A second type of bird flu has been found in dairy cows for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on ...

A new variant of the H5N1 bird flu has infected dairy cattle in Nevada, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. This specific genotype, D1.1, is distinct from the B3.13 genotype ...

Have you seen something interesting? Click Submit to share your rare bird sightings via our simple form.

Hilleman was born a year after the notorious 1918 influenza pandemic swept the world, killing 20 million to 100 million people. By 1957, when Hilleman began worrying about the egg supply ...

When thoughts turn to birds thriving in the world's high latitudes, several groups come to mind. If the group you ponder is waterfowl, a worthy example would be the eiders. These are hardy sea ...

Bird flu has hit the zoo. Over a dozen ducks and wild birds at the Queens and Bronx zoos have died, likely all due to the avian flu sweeping the country. Three ducks at the Queens Zoo died after ...