It is estimated that the cowbird has parasitized more than 220 different bird species across North America. Because cowbird eggs require a shorter incubation period—and female cowbirds can lay ...

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Feb. 27, 2025 — Researchers examined dozens of bird species in museum collections looking for differences in the feathers and bodies between birds that can fly and ... Birds Breathe in Dangerous ...

The Next Flu Pandemic Could Be Worse Than Covid If We Don't Heed History COVID and the 1918 flu pandemic gave us playbooks on how to prepare for the next pandemic. But we aren’t using it.

Signs of the coming of spring are appearing everywhere. So far, I’ve seen robins, red-winged blackbirds, killdeers, herring gulls, grackles, great-blue herons, geese, chipmunks, geese and others.

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A new report on the state of birds in the United States has an urgent warning: bird populations across nearly every habitat are declining, with about one-third of U.S. bird species in critical ...

Share on Pinterest A recent CDC MMWR report shows three new asymptomatic human cases of bird flu, suggesting the virus may be slowly spreading. Johanna Moya/Getty Images A growing bird flu ...

A woman in Wyoming and a farm worker in Ohio marked the latest Americans hospitalized with bird flu, as the virus continues to disrupt the poultry and cattle industries. Since the summer ...

The tiny flyer stayed for about a week before moving on. Word spread quickly in local bird circles. Photographers showed up. So did a bird bander who identified Carl’s visitor as a rufous ...