A little-known variant of bird flu has evolved to become better adapted to infecting people and could pose a pandemic threat to humans, a team of researchers has warned.

Billions of birds that once filled North American skies have disappeared, and new science shows they are disappearing faster than ever.

The confirmation last week of H5N1 bird flu in northern elephant seals at California’s Año Nuevo State Parkhas put wildlife ...

A new study finds North American bird populations keep dropping, and that decline is accelerating for many species.

Noise pollution is affecting bird behavior across the globe, disrupting everything from courtship songs to the ability to find food and avoid predators, a large-scale new analysis showed on Wednesday.

Soaring egg prices and concerns about bird flu spreading from wild birds and cattle to humans were top of mind for many Americans at the beginning of 2025. The topic recently made its way back into ...

BRIDGEWATER, S.D. (South Dakota News Watch) – As bird flu ravages poultry farms across the country – including in South Dakota – fears are growing that the highly contagious avian influenza virus ...

A bird flu virus that has often been ignored because it mostly causes minor disease in birds has the potential to cause a human pandemic, says a team that has tracked how the H9N2 virus has become ...

Researchers have revealed that North American birds are declining at an accelerating rate in three regional hotspots ...

Noise pollution is affecting bird behaviour across the globe, disrupting everything from courtship songs to the ability to find food and avoid predators, a large-scale new analysis showed on Wednesday ...