Sex education is struggling to find its place in schools in the Philippines, hindered by sex-related taboos and opposition from religious sectors. In recent weeks, its future in the Asian country has ...

Now that I am older and presumably wiser, I want to revisit places I didn’t think much about when visited in my youth.

Scientists were slow to recognize that Covid spreads through the air. Some are now trying to get ahead of the bird flu. By Carl Zimmer Carl Zimmer has reported on pandemics since 2009 and is the ...

Now, Crescent Duck Farm is the only one left. It produced a million ducks a year, until two weeks ago, when bird flu shut the farm down. Corwin said, "I saw a flock one day that was great ...

A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...

A subtype of bird flu caused by avian influenza A (H5) virus has been spreading worldwide in wild birds with a few outbreaks in poultry, dairy cows and other mammals across the United States ...

Jan. 21, 2025 — It's difficult to know what birds 'think' when they fly, but scientists in are getting some remarkable new insights by looking inside birds' heads. Evolutionary biologists and ...

Birds have many features that distinguish them from other animals alive today, but their earliest ancestors looked noticeably different from the familiar creatures we’ve come to recognise. Although ...

Whether you're scanning the night sky for constellations, spotting birds in the backyard or enjoying scenic hikes, a quality pair of binoculars brings distant wonders into clear view.

In the era of bird flu, they say raw milk and raw pet food are bringing a dangerous virus with pandemic potential too close to people and pets. On Friday, the US Food and Drug Administration ...