Cook would drive west to San Francisco, where he and his wife, Donna, lived the other half of the year. Come April, he’d return, as would the birds. “I like being back here with the eagles,” he said.

But it wasn't officially America's national bird until this week. On Christmas Eve, President Biden signed some 50 bills into law — including one that amends the U.S. Code to give the bald eagle ...

He noted that avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, has been reported in 108 countries and territories over five continents in the last three years. “And as of December 2024, the ...

It’s the first ever confirmed instance of a severe bird flu infection in the United States and the first reported human case of bird flu in Louisiana. The patient was not infected via work at a ...

Wild birds get the blame, but the largely unregulated transport of cattle across the U.S. poses too-often-ignored disease risks. June 21, 2024 At this crossroads, the U.S. can choose either of two ...

(Stock photo) If there is a Pennsylvania critter that represents Christmas, it must surely be the cardinal. Photographs or paintings of this colorful bird, often proudly perched on a snow-covered ...

Check out the map above to find a count near you. Green and yellow circles are open for new participants, and red circles are full. To arrange participation contact compilers by email in advance of ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich of the Archdiocese of Chicago, in a letter published this week in the archdiocesan newspaper, urged Catholics to stand while receiving Holy Communion and not make gestures ...

But in May 2022, as many females were getting ready to lay their eggs, the birds began dying in droves. “Thousands of northern gannets started to wash up on our shores,” said Stephanie Avery ...

It said bird flu had recently been detected across the East Riding of Yorkshire and in Hull. It is now a legal requirement for all bird keepers in the areas to "mitigate the risk of further ...

Health experts have been sounding the alarm about the potential pandemic threat posed by bird flu, which has been showing signs of mutating as it spreads among cows and infects people in the United ...

Among the new crop of cardinals created by Pope Francis on Dec. 7, Cardinal Mykola Bychok, CSSR, stands out. He is the bishop of the Eparchy of Sts. Peter and Paul in Melbourne for Ukrainian ...