A year after a highly contagious strain of avian influenza was first detected in Alaska, the state veterinarian said the ongoing outbreak continues to pose a serious threat to wild birds and domestic ...

Studies show that up to a billion birds in the U.S. die every It’s considered the second leading cause of mortality for wild ...

With migratory bird season coming to a close, state and federal officials are reporting that the number of bird flu cases, particularly the highly pathogenic kind, are continuing to trend downwards, ...

The Alaska Zoo in Anchorage is using “feather-friendly” window decals to prevent bird collisions, the second-leading cause of bird deaths in the U.S. A free talk on the topic is ...

A polar bear in Alaska has reportedly become the first of its kind to die from H5N1 avian influenza. Gerlach explains that although bears typically eat seals and fish, it is possible that the virus ...

An Alaskan polar bear has become the first of its species to reportedly die from avian influenza, also known as HBN1, after the disease was first detected in the US in January of 2022. It’s believed ...

A highly lethal form of bird flu that has been spreading across the world has now been detected in a dead polar bear in Alaska. It is the first known case in the Arctic animals, which are listed as ...

Inside a chilly enclosure, a 7-year-old peregrine falcon named Breland plucked at a frozen rat carcass with her beak, tearing off patches of fur and flesh with little head jerks until finally ...