New research from Te Herenga Waka Ph.D. graduate Tirth Vaishnav is exploring how birds' behavior and ecology vary across seasons and in response to both natural and human-driven environmental changes.

Female snakes can produce their offspring in several different ways. Many people assume that all snakes lay eggs, but the true situation is more complex than this. The different types of snake ...

A Washington resident has died after contracting H5N5, a bird flu strain never before detected in humans. This marks the first confirmed human case of H5N5 globally. State health officials confirmed ...

GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY, Wash. — A Washington state man is believed to be the first person to die from a rare strain of bird flu, but state health officials said Friday the risk to the public is low. The ...

A man in Washington has been diagnosed with a strain of the bird flu that’s never been detected in humans before. The individual ― an older adult with underlying conditions who has been hospitalized ...

The patient is an older adult with underlying health conditions. A Washington state resident has tested positive for bird flu, marking the first human case confirmed in the U.S. in nine months. The ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A resident of Washington state has contracted a new form of bird flu — the first case of its kind. The source of ...

Health officials in Washington state say they have identified the nation’s first human case of bird flu since February, pending confirmatory testing. A Grays Harbor County, Washington, resident ...

Birds, the warm-blooded and feathered vertebrates, are being used to put romantic partners to the test. A relationship experiment dubbed the "bird theory" is making the rounds on social media. It ...

Local birder Clarence Yeung, who lives fewer than 10 minutes from the park, rushed out with his camera after the alert on eBird's rare bird alert system. For Yeung, it was a "lifer"—a term birders use ...