the skua gets a fish meal – coated in saliva. If the gannet is infectious, its saliva will likely have a high viral load. Once infected, these pirate birds can drive spread faster. Skuas ...

When humans want to move fast—barring speed-walking competitions—we pick up our feet. But when birds need to get somewhere quickly, they tend to always keep one foot on the ground, leading to ...

A brown pelican continued various places around Wellfleet and Eastham, including Great Island and Indian Neck in Wellfleet, and First Encounter and the Salt Pond in Eastham.

The deadly H5N1 avian influenza virus, which has killed millions of birds worldwide since 2021 ... existing information about frigatebird and skua distribution, behavior and movements, while ...

Newly Discovered Late Cretaceous Birds May Have Carried Heavy Prey Like Extant Raptors Oct. 9, 2024 — Newly discovered birds from Late Cretaceous North America were hawk-sized and had powerful ...

Birds and animals infected by H5N1 can remain ... cent of the country’s breeding population of roseate terns, great skua and gannets have been killed. Since arriving in Antarctica, mass ...

For many, avian awe has opened the door to another hobby—photography. Choosing the best camera for bird photography requires a bit of know-how and experience. We turned to Luciano Lima ...

When Logan Parker first sees a male, black-throated blue warbler near his Maine home each spring, two things strike him about the tiny bird – its stunning appearance and the thousands of miles ...

Wellington, New Zealand (AP) – It’s noisy, smelly, shy – and New Zealand’s bird of the year. The hoiho, or yellow-eyed penguin, won the country’s fiercely fought avian election on Monday ...

An image of a peregrine falcon chasing a butterfly, a vulture feasting on a black bear and a surfing penguin are among the winning images of Bird Photographer of the Year 2024. The contest ...

For migrating birds, fall brings difficulty and danger. To reach warm winter climes, many birds must fly hundreds or thousands of miles, expend immense amounts of energy and successfully dodge ...