Here are some rare birds you may never get a chance to see again in the wild. With a wingspan of nearly 10 feet, the California Condor is North America’s largest land bird. Only a few hundred ...

UC Davis professor Hugh Safford found the highest living tree in California on a recent hike through the High Sierra.

Imagine a world where the songs of rare birds vanish forever—where once vibrant skies fall silent. It’s a chilling thought, ...

Although the birds are wild, they are county property, making the theft illegal. Cooper said that the foundation is offering $500 for its return or any information that leads to it. “It’s good ...

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While bird flu is rare, the Centers for Disease Control and ... not dairy cattle. On Wednesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency after more than 300 herds tested positive ...

In early 2024, the bird influenza that had been spreading ... a veterinary researcher at the University of California, Davis. So far, H5N1 flu hasn’t acquired the key trick of passing with ...

Knowable Magazine answers questions about how dangerous bird flu is, where it came from, and what key events paved the way ...

Some bird flu strains have also infected humans, though this is rare. As of early March ... Carly Kay is a science writer based in Santa Cruz, California.

These rare birds have evolved distinctive traits and behaviors ... Once one of the most abundant birds in California, with populations in the millions, Tricolored Blackbirds have declined by over 90% ...

It’s a classic birding bummer — sometimes a rare bird comes to light too late for birders to see it, to the chagrin of those ...

Three rare bird species were sighted in Alabama over the last week. See which unique species were spotted and what we know about them.