Bird flu continues to spread quickly through the U.S. farm system because that system is inherently a viral playground.

In the shadows of Python Cave, Uganda, a leopard leaps from a guano mound—formed by bat excrement—and sinks its teeth into a ...

New research uses bird droppings to track avian flu in remote regions, revealing hidden hotspots and potential for early ...

Long Island’s last commercial duck farm is rebuilding after a bird flu outbreak forced the destruction of its entire 100,000-bird flock in January.

Both swine and avian influenza are strains of influenza A. Just as swine flu strains tend to infect pigs, avian flu strains ...

The Federal Court of Appeal has granted the stay that pauses the potential cull at Universal Ostrich Farm in Edgewood, B.C., ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is considering a potential plan to vaccinate poultry against bird flu for the first time ...

The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) considers a bird flu outbreak on a commercial farm in Brazil as "resolved," a ...

Brazil said Wednesday it was free of bird flu, paving the way for it to resume chicken exports to China and 20 other ...

The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reports, to date, that more than 100 million birds have died due to the spread of avian flu virus in the United States.

H5N1 bird flu is capable of spreading through the air, a new animal study from the US Centres for Disease Control (CDC) has found. H5N1 was believed to spread primarily through direct contact with ...