These nocturnal creatures are notoriously difficult to spot in the wild, emerging only at night to hunt insects, birds and small mammals ... But the real reason, we suggest, is that with a Dik-Dik you ...

Dik-diks are small antelopes native to Eastern and Southern ... Also known as the little grebe, dabchicks are small water birds in the family Podicipedidae. They are found in freshwater lakes and ...

With egg prices at a record high, shoppers know the pain of trying to buy eggs and finding only empty shelves or horrifying ...

Scientists were slow to recognize that Covid spreads through the air. Some are now trying to get ahead of the bird flu. By Carl Zimmer Carl Zimmer has reported on pandemics since 2009 and is the ...

Now, Crescent Duck Farm is the only one left. It produced a million ducks a year, until two weeks ago, when bird flu shut the farm down. Corwin said, "I saw a flock one day that was great ...

A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...

The strain had previously been found only in birds and people. Most bird flu infections in dairy cattle in the US have been the B3.13 variant, or what’s become known as the “cattle clade.” ...

Celebrate Presidents’ Day or Galentine’s Day, join anime and cosplay fans at Katsucon, or hear the NSO perform in unlikely ...

A subtype of bird flu caused by avian influenza A (H5) virus has been spreading worldwide in wild birds with a few outbreaks in poultry, dairy cows and other mammals across the United States ...

Jan. 21, 2025 — It's difficult to know what birds 'think' when they fly, but scientists in are getting some remarkable new insights by looking inside birds' heads. Evolutionary biologists and ...

The UK has been declared an Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) - and bird "gatherings" have been banned in England and Wales in response to rising cases of bird flu. Strains of the virus have ...

Birds have many features that distinguish them from other animals alive today, but their earliest ancestors looked noticeably different from the familiar creatures we’ve come to recognise. Although ...