The new research, comprising a trio of papers published in Science last week, takes an exceptionally deep dive into the pallium, the bulbous chunk of avian brain that houses neural circuits underlying ...

Highly pathogenic H5N5 avian flu has been detected in a backyard poultry flock in Newfoundland and Labrador, according to ...

China has reported two more human infections involving H9N2 avian flu, and, unlike most earlier patients, the latest are adults, according to a weekly avian flu update from the Hong Kong Centre for ...

The CSIC-UNESPA scientific expedition has been underway since last January with the aim of monitoring the presence of the ...

The Allegheny Front’s Kara Holsopple talked about the risks with Dr. Justin Brown, DVM, PhD, a Penn State professor and ...

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

One out of five dead birds found on a privately-owned lake in Henderson County, North Carolina, have tested positive for bird flu.

Roger Pasquier explains how birds spend the quiet half of their lives even when they're flying and half their brain is awake ...

My wife is always on the lookout for eagles, and last week we were pleased to have seen two eagles. One flew over our car in Camptown and the second was flying toward its nest near Gillett. Later, in ...

With so much H5N1 circulating in the U.S., scientists worry we are a few mutations away from a potential human pandemic.

When it comes to cognitive abilities, birds and mammals may not be as far apart as many assume Birds are often imagined to be less intelligent than mammals, perhaps with the exception of crows and ...

In a new study published in Science, a Belgian research team explores how genetic switches controlling gene activity define brain cell types across species.