Feeding garden birds is an enjoyable pastime for many, but one drawback can be that spilled bird seed begins to grow and create a blanket of weeds below your feeder. To combat this, many companies now ...

Viral fragments of bird flu have been identified in samples of milk taken from grocery store shelves in the United ...

and the initial supplies of its jab are already earmarked for use in Finland where there have been H5N1 outbreaks not only involving wild and domesticated birds, but also on fur farms. A total of ...

They’re so beloved as pets that international traffickers are now stealing them from the wild. A female eclectus parrot casts a quizzical look at the camera. Although most male birds are ...

What is bird flu and how does it spread? Bird flu, or avian flu, is a naturally occurring illness. Just as certain flu viruses spread among humans, Type A influenza viruses often spread among wild ...

The first known case of avian influenza in a pig in the United States was confirmed at a small farm in Central Oregon on ...

Yet by the early 1900s no wild passenger pigeons ... In the morning the birds flew out in large flocks scouring the countryside for food. At night they returned to the roosting area. Their scolding ...

Bird flu is spreading in cattle herds in the US in a surprising development that's worrying scientists. There's no evidence the virus can cause a human outbreak, but authorities are keeping a ...

The H5N1 2.3.4.4b strain of the virus has already killed hundreds of millions of wild and domestic birds and mammals around the world. But not here — yet. Australia is the last continent free of ...

The rise of the supermarket chicken mirrors the decline in wild birds. "The sheer number of chickens is an order of magnitude higher than any other bird species that's alive today," said Dr Carys ...

Fewer wild birds are visiting UK gardens, with greenfinches, starlings and sparrows seeing the greatest decline, according to the RSPB. It comes as the conservation charity launches its annual Big ...