By Sybille de La Hamaide PARIS (Reuters) -An unusually early outbreak of bird flu cases affecting high numbers of wild birds ...

EFSA recommends anyone keeping poultry to enhance surveillance and maintain high biosecurity on these birds. They should also ...

Mike Harris describes himself as one of those "sad people" who, having worked an entire career on a cause, continue even after retirement. Since leaving full-time research and teaching, Harris devotes ...

Europe has experienced its worst bird flu crisis ever this year with nearly 50 million poultry culled, and the persistence of the virus over the summer has raised the risk of widespread infections ...

New research from the Durham University Biosciences Department and the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) has revealed that many migratory birds are finding it harder to prepare for their long ...

Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from “Birdmania: A Remarkable Passion for Birds” by Bernd Brunner. The book explores humanity’s fascination with birds, showcasing an eclectic and ...

The sighting turned out to be a white whale-level discovery. Tucker found a European common cuckoo, a bird never before ...

A European cuckoo, famous as the name and voice behind cuckoo clocks everywhere, was spotted in a New Hampshire cemetery this past weekend. The birds are native to Europe and Asia, and are almost ...

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) amongst wheat, Ile de France, France. House sparrow populations have been halved throughout Europe in the past 40 years. There are many factors contributing to the ...

Population data for European mountain birds have been for the first time combined in a recent study, with worrying results: the abundances of mountain-specialist birds has declined by as much as 10% ...

Many familiar birds of the urban environments represent species that were introduced from outside of North America. In Iowa, these include rock pigeon, European starling and house sparrow, which was ...