Osterholm says that the primary kind of birds impacted by the flu is migratory waterfowl, like geese and ducks, and these birds often hang out in farm fields where they defecate. Then, the wind picks ...

It was bird poop. Everyone had finished their supply of drinking water, and no one had hand sanitizer in their backpack. Two ...

Fortunately, about 90% of birds observed on the farms were small and tended to poop mostly on soil, where pathogens perish quickly. By avoiding no-harvest buffers when food-safety risks are low ...

A California quail walks among kale seedlings. A UC Davis study found that bird poop from small birds are unlikely to pose a food safety risk for growers. (Rose Albert, UC Davis) It doesn’t require a ...

It doesn't require a degree in ornithology, a lab test or even an app for most growers to determine whether bird poop near their crops presents a food safety risk. They just need to ask themselves ...

A village in Leicestershire, England has been overrun by tens of thousands of starlings, covering homes and cars in droppings ...

What comes first? The chicken, the egg, or Democrats blaming President Donald Trump for something completely out of his ...

Wildlife professionals and advocates are grappling with an avian influenza outbreak that seems to be growing more virulent ...

Moa—large, flightless, ostrich-like birds—once roamed around New Zealand ... transport the fungi’s spores to new places when they poop. But, before the arrival of humans, New Zealand ...