A groundbreaking study that could have important implications for promoting healthier ecosystems and wildlife populations.

Many of Canada’s non-migrant birds rely on foraging for seeds and insects to meet their nutritional needs. Those resources, ...

A bird-flu pandemic is not an exhilarating prospect. Though the strains of the virus currently in circulation may not be as ...

Pennsylvania has so far seen no cases of bird flu in cattle and has not detected a case of the virus in domestic birds in at ...

Keith Poulsen’s jaw dropped when farmers showed him images on their cellphones at the World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin in ...

T he legacy of our ancient human relatives, "brain-eating-amoeba" infections, emerging viral threats, the promise and peril ...

Researchers spent five years studying the gut microbiomes of Northern cardinals, a common backyard songbird known for its vivid red plumage. Their study explores how microbiome diversity impacts the ...

Using a common backyard bird, the Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), a new study provides the first-ever description of how a wild bird's microbiome relates to its ornamentation and body ...