Long-time residents say at least a dozen bright-blue Indian peacocks have wandered Errol Heights in Southeast Portland since ...

Cumberland County’s Vector Control Office was notified Tuesday by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection ...

Urban Birds Are Teeming With Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, Study Finds Exposure to pathogens in landfills and polluted rivers may explain this prevalence.

SAN DIEGO — Mosquitoes collected in the Rolando neighborhood of San Diego have tested positive for West Nile virus, county ...

Domestic cats could provide an unexpected new route for the bird flu virus H5N1 to evolve into a more dangerous form, according to a new study published on Monday.. In the year since the virus ...

Which meant a nonnative bird was killing our native birds. House sparrows, originally from Europe and Asia, were brought to Brooklyn in the 1850s to control caterpillars.

A mystery pigeon lady is snatching “weak” birds from outside the Met and storing them for days at a time inside her car – leaving neighbors disturbed over the strange behavior.

Bird lovers have spoken, and the official champion of Wisconsin Fat Bird Week 2025 is Spherical White-throated Sparrow. Online voting in the contest was held from May 2 through May 9.

The bird was the well-known house sparrow. You might ask who is not familiar with the common sparrow. The answer is, children growing up today.

To keep Everglades restoration on track, the South Florida Water Management District on Thursday approved a captive breeding program for endangered Cape Sable seaside sparrows which nest in marle ...

After years-long discussion, birds will no longer be named after people — a decision meant to dissociate the animals from problematic eponyms. The American Ornithological Society announced ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection said the sample was collected in South Middleton Township, near ...