While there is a nonzero chance, it is highly unlikely that a pigeon you encounter will be infected with the virus and even less likely that a human will contract bird flu from it.

For instance, in the early 1900s, right around the time the Wright ... detail on the fascinating bird species that enabled these first-of-a-kind deliveries. Homing pigeons (Columba livia domestica ...

There are many “daring” trees that have taken root on eroding cliffs and valiantly cling onto the remaining half of the ...

In the early 1970s, my involvement with St Columba’s psychiatric hospital in Sligo was through our undertaking and car-hire business (and courting a few of the beautiful ladies on ...

Shoots offering smaller days are being inundated with enquiries and Barney Stratton’s Stockton Shoot in Wiltshire is no exception. “I have had so many phone calls from interested teams that I have now ...

February is a big winter month, but it still offers us plenty of hints of spring as bird activity starts to increase.

Time commitment: Organizers recommend watching and counting birds for no less than 15 minutes at least one time over the four-day period. Where: You can count birds anywhere you want – whether that’s ...

Researchers in China found Baminornis zhenghensis, which lived at roughly the same time as the famous Archaeopteryx but ...

The same strain is linked to the bird flu patient who died in Louisiana. A second type of bird flu has been found in dairy cows for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on ...

In 1799, during his explorations along the Orinoco River, German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt “stayed with a local ...

Wildlife questions answered by Maine Audubon Staff Naturalist Doug Hitchcox.