New esearch shows Aotearoa has been increasingly accepting new bird species from around the world since the start of the Ice Age, offering clues into future migration patterns.

Since 2021, experts have seen bird flu — also called H5 influenza or highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) — spreading "fairly quickly" across the wild and domestic bird populations and, now, among ...

When landscapes change, exotic species take advantage of new habitats. Such a pulse of colonisation coincided with the Ice ...

Bird flu infects many species, including wild animals, according to the United Nations. Ducks, quail and at least one eagle ...

Biosecurity Minister Andrew Hoggard is cautiously optimistic that a bird flu outbreak at an Otago farm has been stamped out, ...

Poultry flocks infected with bird flu are culled to prevent the spread of the virus whereas culling wild birds is generally ...

New Zealand has so far avoided the strain of avian influenza causing mass mortalities of wild birds and mammals around the ...

Bird flu is causing soaring egg prices that have American consumers stressed out, leading to a rush at stores and thefts. Ali ...

That's especially true, he says, of bird flu. The particular virus that causes bird flu — H5N1 — itself is not new. It's a ...

Six dairy herds in Nevada have tested positive for a newer variant of the H5N1 bird flu virus that’s been associated with ...

A virulent strain of bird flu continues to spread across the world. Australia, New Zealand and Pacific nations are the only countries free from the infection, but this will no doubt change. Known as ...

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