The bald eagle has been a symbol of our nation’s strength since the Revolutionary War, but it was not made our national bird until recently. The bald eagle is emblematic of America and on coins ...

This story appears in the September 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. As industrial-scale farms flourish in the European Union, its fields have grown quiet—robbed of the birds that ...

Dairy cattle in Nevada have been infected with a new type of bird flu that’s different ... “It’s a vital part of national security, global security, the well-being of people, of animals ...

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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.” ...

The artist and curator turned down the Käthe Kollwitz Prize from the Academy of the Arts, citing the German state’s crackdown on advocacy for Palestinian rights.

Authorities are acting to contain a new case of bird flu confirmed at a poultry ... last year and underscores the effectiveness of our national emergency animal disease response arrangements ...

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