As highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, continues to spread, experts say Illinoisans are feeling its impacts even without any human cases in the state. H5 bird flu is widespread in wild ...

Wild rice truly is a wild, natural food. While several varieties exist, the most commonly available are Zizania palustris, or Northern wild rice, and Zizania aquatica, or wild rice. While it is ...

The spread of the bird flu among humans and other mammals in the United States has sparked some concern among public health experts in recent weeks, though U.S. officials say the risk it currently ...

Los Angeles health officials warned residents to "avoid unprotected contact with sick or dead animals including cows, poultry and wild birds; avoid consuming raw or undercooked animal products ...

By contrast, someone who came into contact with a backyard chicken or wild bird, might have inhaled the virus and therefore become sicker.

“We did get the same strain that’s causing all the havoc in the people and in the wild birds,” Kercher said. D1.1 is a newer group of viruses. Scientists don’t know as much about it as ...

After nearly 250 years of informal recognition, the bald eagle has officially been designated as the national bird of the United States. On Christmas Eve 2024, President Joe Biden signed into law a ...

It may have been a grackle, a goose, or some other wild bird that infected a cow in northern Texas. In February, the state’s dairy farmers took note when cows stopped making milk. They worked ...

Yet, astonishingly, it took until Christmas Eve 2024 for the bird to be officially designated as the country’s national bird. US President Joe Biden signed into law a bipartisan bill that corrected ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – An animal sanctuary in Washington is under quarantine after 20 big cats died amid a bird flu outbreak, the Wild Felid Advocacy Center announced. The sanctuary ...

A Washington state wildlife sanctuary is mourning the deaths of 20 wild cats amid a bird flu outbreak as the virus infects poultry farms, dairy cattle and some people across the nation.