Research suggests that B3.13 is less likely to result in severe disease for humans, unlike other bird flu strains overseas. The risk is different for other animals, like pet cats, which have ...

An unprecedented number of people in the U.S. were infected with bird flu this past year. In this country, a lot of science focused on the virus in dairy cows and in poultry. But researchers say ...

Both strains are highly pathogenic, affecting poultry and wild birds, but what sets them apart is how they spread and impact animals. Bird flu, particularly H5N1, poses a pandemic risk if it mutates ...

But researchers say something ominous is happening in wild animals and not just birds. NPR's Gabrielle Emanuel reports. GABRIELLE EMANUEL, BYLINE: Last year, Marcela Uhart was walking on a beach ...

The ostrich is quite an unusual animal. With its giant feathery plumes, massive feet, and long spindly legs, it looks like something right out of a Dr. Seuss story. But seeing one of these enormous ...

Dr. Randy Junge is the Vice President of Conservation Medicine at the Zoo and says the animal's care is a top priority. “The virus is transmitted primarily through bird droppings, but it can be ...

This means that the virus doesn’t just stick around on poultry farms and periodically jump over into wildlife, but can sustain itself in wild birds, moving from one flock to the next without burning ...

Birds have many features that distinguish them from other animals alive today, but their earliest ancestors looked noticeably ... although some species – often aquatic ones – have ridges on their ...

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