After the asteroid, the earliest bird ancestors thrived in Antarctica
With its glaciers and sub-zero temperatures, Antarctica hardly seems like a place of refuge. However, the now icy continent ...
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Rare bird skull from the age of dinosaurs helps illuminate avian evolution
A new study in Nature describing a fossil of a nearly complete and intact bird skull from Antarctica is shedding light on the ...
Cows Have Been Infected With a Second Form of Bird Flu
The finding indicates that the virus, known as H5N1, has spilled from birds into cows at least twice — leading to these two ...
Could the Bird Flu Become Airborne?
Scientists were slow to recognize that Covid spreads through the air. Some are now trying to get ahead of the bird flu.
Bird Flu Outbreak Costs U.S. Poultry Industry $1.4 Billion
This latest outbreak is part of a broader epizootic that has swept across the United States, affecting not only poultry but ...
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Avian flu suspected in up to 15 bird deaths at New York City zoos
NEW YORK (AP) — At least three and possibly up to 15 birds have died of avian flu at two New York City zoos, according to the organization that operates the facilities. The Wildlife Conservation ...