Although tightly packed, the plates beautifully depict Trinidad and Tobago's bird life. This edition also includes pictures of more vagrants and a complete species list updated to 2010. Small enough ...

As more and more "historical" checklists are added to the platform, birds we've lost now mingle with those still hanging on.

The same strain is linked to the bird flu patient who died in Louisiana. A second type of bird flu has been found in dairy cows for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on ...

Discover the remarkable bird fossil from Antarctica that is rewriting the story of bird evolution. Learn how this 69-million-year-old bird challenges previous theories.

The variant of bird flu that killed a Louisiana resident has now been found in dairy cows. Until now, the human cases of bird flu traced to cattle have been mild, mostly eye infections.

The strain had previously been found only in birds and people. Most bird flu infections in dairy cattle in the US have been the B3.13 variant, or what’s become known as the “cattle clade.” ...

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 ...

On the southern coast of Belize, the laid-back beach town of Placencia, on the tip of a 16-mile-long peninsula, offers access ...

As cases of bird flu continue to climb among wild birds, poultry and cattle in the U.S., the virus poses an increasing threat to human health. A total of 67 human cases of the H5N1 virus have been ...

Twitchers are known to go to extraordinary lengths to add to the “life list” of birds they’ve seen. Penny Olsen, an honorary professor at ANU and author of the 2018 book Night Parrot ...

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 ...

A bird-watcher's paradise, Washington Slagbaai National Park's nearly 14,000-acre semi-desert, cacti-studded protected oasis plays host to more than 200 different types of birds. The park also ...