Giant Virus Encodes Key Piece of Protein-Making Machinery of Cellular Life Dec. 18, 2024 — Researchers recently discovered that a virus, FloV-SA2, encodes one of the proteins needed to make ...

The bird of brown and white feathers has long represented the United States as a majestic and soaring symbol, but only this week did a law make it official. By Sara Ruberg The bald eagle received ...

The birds soon follow. Hundreds of thousands of squawking, migrating shorebirds descend on these beaches to gorge themselves on the protein- and fat-rich eggs. Over the course of a week ...

Like tiny stain-glass windows fluttering around, they share a similar growth cycle to that of a Christian. All of us in one time or another ... This is similar to a Christian life, we start our ...

The findings come at a time when outbreaks of bird flu -- a different subtype of the same influenza virus -- in dairy cattle have ...

Every year in early September thousands of mostly pink (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) and chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) make the long journey from the sea to the rivers and streams where they were born to ...

Bird flu has been around for a long time, but a major U.S. outbreak of H5N1, ongoing since March 2024, has raised concern for a wider spread that will affect more than just birds. Also at risk ...

Cats of all shapes and sizes have come down with bird flu. First there were barn cats that drank raw milk. In recent days, 20 wild cats at a Washington State animal sanctuary that probably ate ...

The death of an Oregon house cat and a pet food recall are raising questions about the ongoing outbreak of bird flu and how people can protect their pets. Bird flu has been spreading for years in ...

4, birders in Baton Rouge will grab their binoculars and head out to target neighborhoods, parks and other green spaces, hoping to count as many birds as possible in the annual Christmas Bird Count.

The US hasn’t learned lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic that it could use to mitigate the threat of pathogens like H5N1 bird flu that keep showing signs of their own pandemic potential ...

Though a longstanding symbol of "independence, strength and freedom," according to Congress, the bird of prey never received a formal designation Shyla Watson is a digital news editor at PEOPLE.