It is the only bird of prey breeding in Ohio that hunts in this manner. In 1930, ornithologist Lawrence Hicks claimed that the American kestrel population comprised more individuals than all of ...

A new report suggests that more Americans may be walking around with bird flu − and not even know it. Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention randomly tested 150 ...

From worries about food safety to egg prices, Americans have questions about the bird flu. This strain of bird flu, also known as H5N1, is not entirely new. It's been detected in a variety of bird ...

It might be Valentine’s Day – but this weekend is for more than just love birds. The Great Backyard Bird Count is back. Between Feb. 14 and 17, the event invites nature enthusiasts around ...

That is the sound of two Common Loons communicating over "the expanse of a glassy lake," the American Birding Association (ABA) says in its announcement that the Common Loon is their 2025 Bird of ...

A male Paradisaea rubra, or red bird-of-paradise.Credit...Rene Martin/American Museum of Natural History Supported by By Jason Bittel Elaborate poses, tufts of feathers, flamboyant shuffles along ...

This is far from the first time that H5N9 has been found in birds around the country. But the U.S. Department of Agriculture said it was the first time that H5N9 had been found in American poultry ...

The Founding Fathers, themselves sporting white heads of powdered wigs, thought better of the similar appearing bird and made it the unofficial American mascot. In spite of Franklin’s disdain ...

In this week’s roundup, catch up on the spread of bird flu in the U.S., a tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas and lessons from fossilized vomit. The U.S. government lost control of the bird flu ...

Will you support our work and become a Vox Member today? All this raises the question: If bird flu is killing animals right and left, and has killed at least one human, should we be worried?