Bird flu’s disturbing new turn into cattle
U.S. health officials are closely monitoring the recent leap of avian flu from birds to cattle — and earlier this month, to a Texas dairy farmer. The Centers for Disease …
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How to protect owls in your backyard
By Amy Chillag | CNN Atlanta — The plight of Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl who escaped New York’s Central Park Zoo last year, showed just how tough it is to …
Hearing the impact of climate change in Okinawa, one bird call at a time
Onna, Okinawa Pref. – In Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, there’s a field — now largely overgrown but once home to numerous farms — boxed in by highways, a major U.S. military …
Bird Flu Is Spreading in Alarming New Ways
As a recent example of what may ensue, Pitesky points to the repeated African swine fever outbreaks across various Asian countries in the past decade, which decimated the pig farming …
Second reported case of bird flu in a person in the US confirmed
By Carma Hassan and Jen Christensen | CNN A person who worked on a dairy farm and had “direct contact with dairy cattle” tested positive for avian flu in Texas …
Tests show NYC owl Flaco exposed to pigeon virus, rat poison
By Jake Offenhartz | Associated Press New York City’s celebrity owl Flaco was suffering from a severe pigeon-borne illness and high levels of rat poison when he crashed into a …
Bird flu is decimating seal and sea lion colonies. Scientists don’t know how to stop it
PORTLAND, Maine — Avian influenza is killing tens of thousands of seals and sea lions in different corners of the world, disrupting ecosystems and flummoxing scientists who don’t see a …
The tiny, mighty and amazing things they do
A look at the tiny and mighty migrators buzzing around our flowers. There are more than 350 different species of hummingbirds across the Americas. Their little bodies have big appetites …
Rare hummingbird turns California family’s new yard into tourist attraction
Over the past two weeks, a couple hundred people have flocked from Northern California, Arizona and everywhere in between to stake out a quiet neighborhood in Glendora. They come bearing …
How a new flock of bird-watchers is contributing to science
“A murder!” Ryouji Shimada exclaims. We’re in Kasai Rinkai Park in Tokyo’s Edogawa Ward on a chilly Sunday morning. I rush over, binoculars swinging around my neck, my ill-chosen heavy …