It means darker, duller birds could have a survival advantage. By Marta Zaraska Some popular city dwellers appear to be losing their colorful allure, and not just the dirty birds. According to a ...

About one in four also slaughters larger animals, like sheep, goats, cows and pigs. As bird flu spreads to every corner of the globe, so-called wet markets like these are worrying public health ...

Health officials have identified a person in Missouri sick with bird flu despite having no known contact with animals — marking the first case of the virus in the U.S. this year not linked to ...

It’s only when we look back that we discover what and who made us. Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson (Saoirse Ronan)—the titular protagonist of “Lady Bird” (2017), written and directed ...

Billie Eilish loses control, literally, in the Aidan Zamiri-directed video for her smash single “BIRDS OF A FEATHER,” which finds her being dragged, pulled and lifted around an empty corporate ...

It’s also the first H5 case detected through the country’s national flu surveillance system rather than targeted surveillance of the ongoing bird flu outbreak in animals. Sign up here to get ...

Sep. 18, 2024 — Millions of birds migrate every year to escape winter, but spending time in a warmer climate does not save them energy, according to new research. Using miniaturized loggers ...

Here’s the latest news about a global outbreak of H5N1 bird flu that started in 2020, and recently spread among cattle in U.S. states and marine mammals across the world, which health officials ...

What’s probably never imagined is having to clear away centuries of bird poop. Yes, the same challenge that faces most of us when we leave our cars parked under a tree for too long also faced a ...

These Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest images celebrate our feathered friends Text by Tracy Scott Forson Photographs selected by Jeff Campagna Birds can be found on every continent—some living ...