The thriving bird colonies likely grew over several decades because local shepherds had temporarily eliminated pumas ...

Buried in Australia's so-called dead heart, a trove of exceptional fossils, including those of trapdoor spiders, giant cicadas, tiny fish and a feather from an ancient bird, reveal a unique snapshot ...

Scientists have found what could be the largest "terror bird" ever known, from a fossil in Colombia's Tatacoa Desert, according to the journal Papers in Palaeontology ...

Recent Pleistocene.... Pliocene Miocene Oligocene Eocene Paleocene ... flying reptiles; first birds Rise of dinosaurs Appalachians; Ural Mountains Paleozoic Alps; primitive insects Early Coal ...

Miocene sediments in parts of New Zealand have always hinted ... Modern-day New Zealand is known for having unique species that are adapted to island life, from flightless birds to specialized insects ...

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 ...

Feb. 11, 2025 — New research reports, for the first time, the widespread occurrence of biofluorescence in birds-of-paradise. The study, based on specimens collected since the 1800s, finds ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.” ...

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 ...

After a year of rising bird flu cases among people in the United States, researchers are keeping a watchful eye on the H5N1 virus to slow further spread. Since early 2024, the country has recorded ...