What is the first thing that draws you to bird ownership? If it is their colourful feather along with their intelligent, socially active nature, then take a look at these 8 colourful pet parrots.

Interestingly, birds remain woefully understudied when it comes to the optical extras. Until now, no one had looked for the ...

Among the sanctuary’s various internal divisions, the Parrot Garden is a vibrant (and beautifully noisy!) haven dedicated to the care, rehabilitation, and rehoming of parrots. In the very ...

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.” ...

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 ...

Wintering birds, including the celebrated snow geese, return to California winter. The down side is migrating birds can help spread H5N1 bird flu and other diseases among other bird species ...

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 ...

This is the adorable moment baby sun conures slept on a row of unused face masks. Four colourful birds nestled on their makeshift hammock inside their cage while their owner sang them a lullaby in ...

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 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 ...