What bird signifies "spring" to you? When I was a youngster it was the American robin. My mother and aunts Mary and Minnie had a running contest for who could see and report the first "redbreast ...

State officials have quarantined all affected farms, with depopulation efforts underway to contain the virus and prevent further spread, health officials said. Birds from impacted operations will not ...

A new strain of bird flu has been detected in US dairy cattle, raising concerns about its potential transmission and impact on livestock and public health. The USDA confirmed that highly pathogenic ...

Contrary to popular belief, dinosaurs never went extinct. They’re still alive among us – in the form of birds! Birds are the only dinosaurs that survived the cataclysmic mass extinction caused ...

A floral manicure for spring may not be groundbreaking, but it is perfectly appropriate for the season. After all, the best spring manicures take advantage of a bright, pastel color palette and ...

The top trends of the spring/summer 2025 collections speak not to politics, but to the idea of soft power – of using fashion to influence, beguile, charm, seduce and bewitch. The season as a whole ...

A California duck farm made headlines this week after the World Organization of Animal Health published a report by U.S. authorities that a strain of bird flu that scientists call H5N9 had been ...

Initial signs included increased duck mortality, prompting state officials to quarantine the farm and cull nearly 119,000 birds. The World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) confirmed the H5N9 ...

A human case of bird flu has been confirmed in England. The UK Health Security Agency said the person in the West Midlands region caught avian influenza on a farm where “they had close and ...

TRYON—Get ready for the spring bird migrations with birders Kevin Burke and Cheryl Day at the next Live@Laner Felburn Nature and Wildlife Program, set for Wednesday, February 19, at 1 p.m. Western ...

As the Spring Festival of the Year of the Snake draws near, regardless of one's location or the hustle and bustle of daily life, the chime of the Spring Festival always evokes a deep sense of ...