Birders said these exercises are an opportunity to spot rare species, and are a great way to gauge the diversity and density ...

A strain of bird flu spreading among dairy cows in Nevada has infected a dairy worker in the state, the Centers for Disease ...

More young birder groups are popping up across the country for teens and tweens who enjoy getting outdoors together to gawk ...

“For nearly 250 years, we called the bald eagle the national bird when it wasn’t,” said Jack Davis, co-chair of the National Bird Initiative for the National Eagle Center, in a news release. “But now ...

The newer strain had been seen before in more than a dozen people exposed to poultry, but this is the first time an infection ...

Great Backyard Bird Count” asks people to track the birds they see and hear over a few days. The information can help ...

B.C’s chief veterinarian, Dr. Theresa Burns, urged owners of small or backyard flocks to stay vigilant and implement preventive measures, such as keeping their birds’ environment clean and dry.

In the vast urban sprawl of Arizona, the habitat of the tiny western burrowing owl is being destroyed—prompting ...

As it mutates, the bird flu has seemingly been able to infect other bird species, pets, other kinds of animals and, on rare ...

"Joining your community to count birds means that we can track the long-term changes in bird populations,” says Bonter, “and ...

A highly contagious strain of avian influenza has been detected in a Montgomery County backyard flock, prompting quarantines ...

To take part in the 2025 GBBC, each participant or group counts birds for any length of time (but for at least 15 minutes) and enters the birds they can identify at each site they visit. That could be ...