Avian influenza (aka avian flu or bird flu) is a type of influenza that primarily infects birds but can sometime cause infection in mammals like cows, and rarely humans. How widespread is avian flu?

A farmer said it was the worst day he could ever imagine as his 5,000 hens are set to be culled after an outbreak of bird flu ...

Federal employees were terminated from the Kauai National Wildlife Refuge Complex, which includes Hanalei, Huleia and Kilauea Point refuges.

Single Mutation in H5N1 Influenza Surface Protein Could Enable Easier Human Infection Dec. 6, 2024 — A single modification in the protein found on the surface of the highly pathogenic avian ...

The jump of highly pathogenic avian influenza to people is one of the worst nightmares for virologists, but at the moment the ...

Avian influenza (AI) is a highly contagious viral disease affecting poultry and wild water birds, posing significant global challenges due to its high mortality rates and economic impacts. Highly ...

Offshore wind development is essential and urgent, but this emerging industry needs to be ‘nature positive’ from the get-go ...

Offshore wind development is essential and urgent, but this emerging industry needs to be ‘nature positive’ from the get-go ...

Along with amassing nearly 30,000 Instagram followers, Rachel Bigsby’s seabird photography is critically acclaimed. By the ...

Some good news in a recent sea of worry. A colony of one of the UK’s rarest breeding seabirds, devastated by Avian Influenza ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Share NEW YORK (AP) — At least three and possibly up to 15 birds have died of avian flu at two New York ...

NEW YORK — 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 ...