Osterholm says that the primary kind of birds impacted by the flu is migratory waterfowl, like geese and ducks, and these ...

After all of these efforts, they landed on a simple finding: Smaller poops from smaller birds carry very low risk of foodborne pathogens, which were rare in birds overall. If a bird were to become ...

H5N9 is “not commonly seen in poultry in general,” says Eman Anis, assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania ...

Moa—large, flightless, ostrich-like birds—once roamed around New Zealand ... In the process, these creatures transport the ...

Bird droppings, Koh explained, when built up on a solar panel, can block sunlight from reaching the cells. This doesn’t just ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Flu expert says bird flu virus may be spread by infected feces blowing in the wind. Dr. Michael Osterholm is a medical detective and Director of the Center for Infectious Disease ...

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

Nearly extinct in the mid-20th century due to over-hunting, a whopping 280,000 Canada geese now live in Michigan.

Another late-2024 study found that viral shedding, the expulsion of viral particles, in the air related to transmissibility ...