While it's tragic and alarming to see a massive die-off, it's not uncommon for birds that travel in such large populations.

Learn more about Vegavis iaai, an ancient ancestor of modern-day ducks, and one of the earliest modern birds ever discovered.

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.

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

Paleontologists have been arguing whether modern birds developed before or after the infamous asteroid for decades. Now, a ...

Hundreds of red-breasted mergansers have been found either dead or sick over the past few days along Lake Michigan in Chicago ...

A conservation group in Chicago says hundreds of red-breasted mergansers, a species of diving duck that typically winters in the Great Lakes region, have been found sick or dead of suspected avian ...

In the icy wilderness of Antarctica, where glaciers now dominate the landscape, scientists have unearthed a fossil that ...

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

When she took her dog out to Oak Street Beach on their morning walk Sunday, Portia Belloc Lowndes came across a scene that was so disturbing, she said, it felt “like a horror show.” Around 20 dead ...

Hummingbirds Are Zipping Around San Diego County’s Backyard Gardens, scrub-covered coastal hillsides, and the warming ...

Threat to native bird species from fishnets in irrigation tanks highlighted during Tamirabharani Water Bird Census 2025.