A bird of the prairie and countryside, the western meadowlark releases songs synonymous with spring grasslands flush with balsam root, lupine, death camas, larkspur, prairie smoke, and wind tossed ...

In recent months, cases of bird flu have been on the rise, causing a recent culling of turkeys in Utah and California to declare a state of emergency. “My heart goes out to California,” said ...

After a relatively tame period for most of 2024, an uptick in highly pathogenic avian influenza is being reported among Utah’s wild birds, the state’s Division of Wildlife Resources said.