Dozens of dead and sick birds are washing ashore on Lake Michigan beaches in Illinois and Wisconsin, suspected of having the bird flu, according to state officials.

Vegavis, an ancient bird from Antarctica, identified as the oldest modern bird ancestor with specialized fish-hunting adaptations.

A conservation group in Chicago says hundreds of red-breasted mergansers, a species of diving duck that typically winters in ...

As it mutates, the bird flu has seemingly been able to infect other bird species, pets, other kinds of animals and, on rare ...

The discovery of a 69-million-year-old bird fossil is reshaping our understanding of avian evolution.

Near the end of the age of dinosaurs, a bird resembling today's loons and grebes dove for fish and other prey in the perilous ...

This streamlined diving duck, with its distinctive saw-toothed bill, is a master fisher in lakes and rivers across the Northern Hemisphere. The Common Merganser is a large, streamlined duck with a ...

Antarctica may have been a refuge for early waterfowl ancestors, shielding them from the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs.

Exeter birdwatchers are forever on patrol. Not only is there a veritable paparazzi squad that appears – like magic – every ...

Sangamo chief executive Sandy Macrae has said the company is "surprised and extremely disappointed" by Pfizer's decision to hand back rights to its experimental gene therapy for haemophilia A ...

For those humans who remain in the Conesus Lake area, the colorful redheads are a welcome winter visitor that doesn’t make a ...