While we humans might spend hours perfecting a mohawk, some birds are just born to be wild. These feathery crests, often ...

GATHERINGS of various types of birds have now been banned in England as the battle against avian influenza intensifies.

The new rules apply to ‘gatherings’ of ducks, geese, swans, pheasants, partridge, quail, chickens, turkeys and guinea fowl.

Contrary to popular belief, dinosaurs never went extinct. They’re still alive among us – in the form of birds! Birds are the only dinosaurs that survived the cataclysmic mass extinction caused ...

NAGROTA SURIYAN, India (AP) — Before the day breaks on a winter morning at the Pong Lake wetland in northern India, muffled honks of geese are heard in the distance. A lone fisherman wrapped in ...

A human case of bird flu has been confirmed in England. The UK Health Security Agency said the person in the West Midlands region caught avian influenza on a farm where “they had close and ...

A pandemic is not inevitable, scientists say. But the outbreak has passed worrisome milestones in recent weeks, including cattle that may have been reinfected. By Apoorva Mandavilli Apoorva ...

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said the individual in the West Midlands region "had close and prolonged contact with a large number of infected birds", but would not say where the farm was.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians moved north on Monday after Israeli forces withdrew from ...

A bird flu prevention zone enforcing strict hygiene standards around domesticated birds has been declared for the whole of England. A rising number of cases and risk avian influenza poses to wild ...

It was a great year for upland bird hunters in Washington. Favorable spring hatching conditions led to big numbers of pheasants, quail and partridge this year, and hunters took advantage.