Tag: Avian flu

Alaska wildlife officials have euthanized a black bear (Ursus americanus) cub after it became ill with avian flu. Officials believe the bear likely ate a bird that died from the...

Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say avian flu is responsible for an unusually high number of seal deaths along the coast of Maine. The USDA’s Animal and...

Arizona has reported the first cases of avian flu in the Southwest. The Arizona Game and Fish Department announced that federal wildlife officials confirmed the disease in three wild cormorants...

Scientists are concerned by how much a highly infectious strain of avian flu has struck birds in the wild. While the deadly H5N1 strain has infected millions of birds in...

North Carolina natural resource agencies have confirmed wild bird mortalities due to highly pathogenic avian influenza. The mortalities include a snow goose, redhead duck, red-shouldered hawk and bald eagle in...

An outbreak of avian influenza has killed thousands of cranes in Israel, in what Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg called “the most serious damage to wildlife in the history of...

The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has confirmed the presence of a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza among commercial turkeys in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. While no...