Learn more amazing facts about swans. What Kind of Bird Is Up’s Kevin? After 10,297 balloons lift his house away in the Pixar film Up, 78-year-old Carl meets Kevin, a large tropical bird. While Kevin ...

Avian influenza, or bird flu, has been confirmed in multiple parts of our region, and beyond. We're digging into the facts on this flu, and how some farmers in Pennsylvania are trying to keep ...

Birds are aves and bats are mammals. Bats are the only true flying mammals in the world. Animal quizzes and fact files. Discover more about lots of different animals with these ...

Poultry flocks infected with bird flu are culled to prevent the spread of the virus whereas culling wild birds is generally not feasible, contrary to posts online that suggest only domesticated ...

During the breeding season, red-tailed black-cockatoos are usually seen alone or in family groups of two and three birds. When an area has a plentiful food supply during the Autumn and Winter periods, ...

Affectionately known as Australia’s bin chicken (or dump chook, tip turkey, sheep bird…) the Australian white ibis is in fact a treasured and familiar feathered friend within the country’s natural ...

Photos shared to social media claim to depict a swarm of starlings flying through the air often, incredibly, in the shape of a bird. One such photograph, for example, was shared on Reddit in 2019 ...

The claim that images show a Zunzuncito, the smallest bird in the world, is FALSE, based on our research. The photos show a chickadee figurine made by a Bulgarian artist in 2019. Our fact-checking ...

Back in 2023, VERIFY reported that egg prices were spiking at that time because of the impacts of bird flu and lingering inflation. While egg prices soon dropped, they’ve since climbed again to ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – A viral social media post claims that Trader Joe’s is selling chickens vaccinated with mRNA bird flu vaccines. The post, which has gained traction on platforms like Facebook ...

The state made nine unsuccessful attempts at reintroducing the birds in the region between 1911 and 1967. Then in the 1970s, 37 wild turkeys were placed by MassWildlife in the Berkshires.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, bird flu viruses (including H5N1) can be transmitted to humans and animals through contact with infected birds, which shed the virus in their saliva ...