Last year, a 13-year-old in British Columbia contracted Canada’s first known human case of avian flu after testing positive ...

Large birds -- our closest relations to dinosaurs -- are capable of technical innovation, by solving a physical task to gain access to food.

Palaeognaths include emus and ostriches, and can reach 9 feet tall and weigh upwards of 300 pounds. They are more known for ...

Large birds—our closest relations to dinosaurs—are capable of technical innovation, by solving a physical task to gain access to food. This is the first time scientists have been able to show that ...

A new study suggests that emus and rheas - and by extension, potentially animals like velociraptors - are anything but ...

Seen as harbingers of death and disease, staples of horror films and Halloween decor, vultures actually play an important ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has reported multiple waterfowl die-offs across lower Michigan, with preliminary tests pointing to highly pathogenic avian influenza as the cause. Ongoing ...

Ocean City Council could vote Thursday to advertise for bidders for a new contract for falconers to discourage aggressive sea ...

Hawks and falcons are often used in the sport of “falconry” – the practice of keeping and training a bird of prey. The two ...

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

Olney, Illinois, has taken steps to protect an iconic mammal from domesticated felines, setting a possible model for other ...