Humane Long Island helps rescue and care for over 600 animals each year, including ducks and chicks purchased as impulse buys during the Easter season and then dumped after spring With Easter ...

Animals do all sorts of things to attract each other as potential mates. Many birds, for example, produce feathers with elaborate color patterns—from the iridescent plumage of many hummingbirds to the ...

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Australian and Dutch researchers have uncovered a remarkable evolutionary adaptation in birds that could hold vital clues for combating avian flu and respiratory infections in humans, including ...

It’s not just rural farms. Urban animal markets are fertile grounds for viral transmission, experts say. By Apoorva Mandavilli Photographs by Juan Arredondo Hundreds of chickens are squeezed into rows ...

Animal rescues are working to save hundreds of birds seized from Loros Exoticos Baltimore, an exotic bird shop in Highlandtown. Knine Rescue, a dog rescue based in Brookeville, is among the ...

Recordings from 367 bird species revealed widespread vocal patterns also found in human speech and song across 52 languages.

In the last two years, bird flu has been blamed for the deaths of millions of wild and domestic birds worldwide. It's killed legions of seals and sea lions, wiped out mink farms, and dispatched cats, ...

Scientists are concerned that the H5N1 virus could set off another human pandemic. But it is already putting species under pressure in the wild. By Emily Anthes Every spring, more than 200,000 ...

Find out why these common animal myths aren't true. Animals do some pretty strange things. Giraffes clean their eyes and ears ...

Animals do all sorts of things to attract each other as potential mates. Many birds, for example, produce feathers with elaborate color patterns – from the iridescent plumage of many hummingbirds to ...