There are over 10,000 species of birds in the world. Some, like the bumblebee hummingbird, are very small. Others, like the common ostrich, do not fly. If you consider birds that fly, then these are ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation launched a new online portal Jan. 30 to help members of the ...

Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ago ...

A sweet-toothed wild crow stole an ice cream cone from a tourist in Japan. Footage shows the blackbird descending onto Shiela Santos' head to snatch her vanilla-flavoured treat while she posed amid ...

Off in the distances I can hear the familiar scream-like call of a blue jay. The sound pierces through the yellow and orange autumn maple leaves on a crisp blue sky day. I sit enjoying the sunshine, ...

If visiting the Dakotas for upland small game or waterfowl has been on your wish list for some time, I’d suggest getting to it sooner rather than later. The open fields and expansive ...

That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and ...

A Canada goose found dead on Jan. 4 in South Manheim Township has tested positive for avian influenza. It marks the first case of bird flu reported in Schuylkill County this year. The highly ...

If people suspect a wild bird may be exhibiting avian flu symptoms, they now have a way to report it. On Thursday, the state Department of Environmental Conservation announced an online platform for ...

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar announced an online platform for the public to report suspected Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) ...

Birds are always up to something, and these entries captured an array of avians doing everything from impaling prey to ...

As it mutates, the bird flu has seemingly been able to infect other bird species, pets, other kinds of animals and, on rare ...