Kroetsch said that in response to concerns about dead pigeons, bird poop and poor lighting under bridges, he consulted city staff, who then identified 14 bridge underpasses that could be cleaned ...

Kroetsch moved to add $130,000 to the budget to improve the cleanliness and safety of underpasses in Wards 1, 2, 3 and 4. Kroetsch said that in response to concerns about dead pigeons, bird poop and ...

A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...

Contrary to popular belief, dinosaurs never went extinct. They’re still alive among us – in the form of birds! Birds are the only dinosaurs that survived the cataclysmic mass extinction caused ...

There are about 40 million migratory aquatic waterfowl in North America, Osterholm says—which means there are plenty of potential bird-flu hosts, whose poop spreads disease. Read More ...

SUNDAY, Feb. 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- A rapidly-spreading H5N1 avian influenza, otherwise known as bird flu, has been devastating bird flocks and showing signs of spreading to other mammals. Bird ...

Odisha’s carrier pigeon service still maintains a fleet of around 150 birds, though their purpose ... [+] has grown increasingly ceremonial. The image of a pigeon soaring across the sky with a ...

Bird flu is now believed to be widespread in Massachusetts and is likely present even in places where there has not been a confirmed positive, state environmental and health officials said Wednesday.

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and Europe’s Centre for Disease Control (ECDC) issued joint advice that warning of a higher risk of bird flu spreading to humans and increasing the risk of a ...

A California duck farm made headlines this week after the World Organization of Animal Health published a report by U.S. authorities that a strain of bird flu that scientists call H5N9 had been ...

The bird’s bravery medal – awarded for its role in the destruction of a German arms site – has been listed for auction at £10,000 The bravery medal awarded to a pigeon that became an ...

A human case of bird flu has been confirmed in England. The UK Health Security Agency said the person in the West Midlands region caught avian influenza on a farm where “they had close and ...