Loss of forests brought new birds to NZ during the last Ice Age—we're witnessing a similar process now
When people arrived on the shores of Aotearoa New Zealand and began to turn the land to their needs, they set in motion great ...
New pub with Irish roots replaces longstanding Fells Point bar
The scotch is once again flowing at the former Birds of a Feather in Fells Point as a new pub with a nod to Irish roots takes ...
Worst flu season in years swamps California: ‘Particularly long and difficult’
The worst flu season in years is swamping California, prompting a renewed surge in hospitalizations as officials warn the ...
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Mad at your ex? For Valentine’s Day, this Anchorage bird rescue center will name a rat after them and feed it to a raptor
“Rodents are a big part of their natural diet,” said Chandelle Cotter, the education and behavior curator at Anchorage’s Bird Treatment and Learning Center. Breland gobbled up the rat ...
Texas Public Radio14d
It's like 'dead birds flying': How bird flu is spreading in the wild
That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and ...
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Bird flu variant found in Nevada cows shows signs of adaptation to mammals
The strain had previously been found only in birds and people ... was associated with two severe human infections. The “H” part codes for the virus’s hemagglutinin protein, which helps ...
How the Far North can turn Wooroonooran National Park into an international hiking mecca
Keen bushwalkers say Far North Queensland’s rainforest has the potential to become an international hiking mecca among the ...
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Colourful varied thrushes have made their way to qathet
The varied thrush is a colourful orange and black bird, with a distinct winter call, which has been spotted in the woods, and more unusually, in urban areas of qathet this past week. Powell River ...
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As U.S. bird flu spreads, hospitals will screen more people. Will Canada?
As bird flu spread among animals soars in the United ... he said. In addition, as part of a nationwide surveillance program launched last year, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency also tests ...
Cape and Islands NPR15d
It's like 'dead birds flying': How bird flu is spreading in the wild
It was peak breeding ... whether the birds have acquired immunity. So far, results have been unclear. "It's very difficult to understand," she says. Meanwhile, there's a new part of the planet ...