The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has renewed the Village of Manlius' license to collect and possess four existing immature non-native mute swans, but there's a catch.

Public health officials say avian influenza, also known as bird flu, has been identified as the cause of death for waterfowl ...

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources said it has confirmed 98 cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza since 2022 in ...

A Lakeland woman who was living in England at the time wrote to the Queen to ask for a gift of swans. The given pair bred, and now 36 mute white swans are being sold. The city, which has a swan as ...

VILLAGE OF MANLIUS, N.Y. — The Village of Manlius has had mute swans in its pond for more than 100-years, and it looks like they'll be there at least one year longer after the Department of ...

Even today the Queen has the right to claim any unmarked mute swan swimming in open water. The Mute Swan – the classic swan seen in British parks – isn’t actually mute, but grunts and hisses.

Both birds were whooper swans which have yellow and black beaks, in contrast to the mute swan's orange and black. Getty Images Whooper swans have yellow and black bills in contrast to the orange ...

Signs of avian flu in waterfowl include sudden death, lack of energy and appetite, nasal discharge, cough, sneezing, lack of ...