For 50 years, experts thought it had gone the way of the dodo. But in 1948 a tiny population of flightless takahē was ...

New research has identified the extent to which human colonization and hunting contributed to the extinction of New Zealand's ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Matthew Medler of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about the best bird sounds of 2025 from their vast collection of recordings, and why their selections made the list.

A Long Island farm will reportedly euthanize more than 100,000 ducks after a bird flu outbreak hit the eastern New York facility. Crescent Duck Farm President Doug Corwin said the euthanasia is ...

Indigenous peoples have been largely excluded from the federal government’s planning for the arrival of H5N1. When will this ...

Study Reveals Ancient Flightless Birds Helped Spreading Colorful Native Fungi, Highlights Ecological Balance It is a finding that sounds like something out of a scientific whodunit. Still, it's real: ...

A new strain of bird flu, identified as highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N9, has been confirmed in a duck farm in Merced County, California. This marks the first time this variant has been ...

New strains of bird flu are concerning as the disease has caused hundreds of deaths in people over the years, mainly via exposure to infected animals, and the US Department of Agriculture and ...

A US company's prototype jet has broken the sound barrier in a demonstration it hopes will pave the way for a successor to the Concorde. Boom Supersonic's XB-1 is the first civilian aircraft to ...

She draws inspiration from nature, in particular, New Zealand's native birds. Her work has found a legion of fans - so popular its netted her over 100,000 followers on Instagram and in the Premium ...