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Every February, count for as little as 15 minutes in your own backyard to help expand our understanding of birds. The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is a free, fun, and easy event that engages bird ...

A robot with bird-like legs that can walk, hop, leap and jump for take-off into flight has been designed in Switzerland in an engineering breakthrough that could enable aircraft to operate in ...

H5N1 bird flu, a type of avian influenza, has infected dozens of people in the U.S., and spread to seven states and Canada this year. As concern grows over whether it could lead to another ...

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Dr. Oliveira is the director of the Center for Epidemic Response and Innovation in South Africa. As a virus scientist in South Africa, I’ve been watching with dread as H5N1 bird flu spreads ...

The UK government has bought more than 5 million doses of bird flu vaccine to fight a potential pandemic as cases among animals increase. The move comes amid an increase in the spread of the virus ...