The best skunk-eviction tactic is to eliminate access to food sources like fallen bird seed, garbage cans and compost piles. "Having a catch underneath the bird feeder where the seed falls into a ...

City hall is closed on Monday, March 3, due to a skunk. Ashley Baudendistel, the deputy city clerk, said workers discovered the smell of a skunk around 7 a.m. “The overwhelming odor made it ...

It might be Valentine’s Day – but this weekend is for more than just love birds. The Great Backyard Bird Count is back. Between Feb. 14 and 17, the event invites nature enthusiasts around ...

From worries about food safety to egg prices, Americans have questions about the bird flu. This strain of bird flu, also known as H5N1, is not entirely new. It's been detected in a variety of bird ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Bird flu has impacted millions of wild birds and ...

A new report suggests that more Americans may be walking around with bird flu − and not even know it. Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention randomly tested 150 ...

WE must act now to stop a bird flu pandemic and "save lives," experts warn. The H5N1 strain has already spread from birds to mammals, like cows - a pathway which led it to jump to farm workers.

Three cow veterinarians have tested positive for bird flu antibodies in the United States, according to a new study that suggests not all virus infections are being detected. The current outbreak ...

In February 2024, government veterinarians in the Czech Republic investigating a bird flu outbreak found themselves in the middle of a puzzling case. The highly pathogenic H5N1 virus was ...

It had feathers and wings, so it was clearly a bird — but it sported a long tail and sharp claws, which seemed reptilian. A smattering of other feathery Jurassic fossils, including those known ...

Blood testing of large-animal veterinarians suggests that H5N1 bird flu has spread more widely than US surveillance of the virus is capturing, according to a new study by federal and state disease ...