The 1.4-ounce female Northern cardinal was squawking and squirming between Brian Rademacher’s fingers and then bit his hand, leaving a red mark, as he prepared to release her after putting a tiny ...

Gabby Windey and Robby Hoffman celebrated their first wedding anniversary by each sharing heartfelt posts on Instagram.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — More than 300 bird species call Massachusetts home, but the purple gallinule isn’t one of them. The tropical bird is generally found in South America and southern Florida, ...

A woman in New Bedford had an unexpected guest Friday night after she found a tropical bird in her backyard. The New England Wildlife Center said they received a call about the Purple Gallinule ...

A sick snow goose in Kent County, Delaware, has tested presumptive positive for avian influenza. This marks the second known case of bird flu in Delaware this season, following a November incident in ...

TV reporters are trained to maintain calm under pressure, but a New Zealand journalist took things to a whole new level when a bird crashed right into her face while filming a news segment. Jess Tyson ...

Scientists have discovered that avian influenza viruses have a gene that makes them incredibly resistant to heat, rendering our body's natural defense system – fever – powerless in fighting infection.

When a bird rarely seen on this continent showed up in Riverhead last month, the reaction was, as might be expected, a little cuckoo. Native to Eurasia, the bird is anything but common here: It ...

Benjamin Freeman receives funding from the David and Lucille Packard Foundation. We know that climate change is affecting animals and habitats across our world, but figuring out how isn’t always easy.

ALL RIGHT, CALLING ALL BIRD ENTHUSIASTS. AND BY THE WAY, I FOUND OUT THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, SO I THINK THEY’LL FIND THIS INTERESTING. A RARE BIRD WAS SEEN TODAY IN SOUTH ...

A Washington resident died of complications from an infection with a bird flu strain never before reported in humans, the state Department of Health said on Friday. The patient was an older adult with ...

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