It’s pretty safe to say that a bird’s beak is one of its most obvious features. And it’s super important! It’s used for ...

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How fast does the beak move? To answer these questions, I’m recording high-speed X-ray videos of the feeding birds. Interestingly, I discovered some fascinating differences in beak movement ...

When there’s that extra length and slack, the sigmoid colon can twist on itself, a condition known as a sigmoid volvulus, Cunningham says. “It can just happen spontaneously,” she tells TODAY ...

Scientists were slow to recognize that Covid spreads through the air. Some are now trying to get ahead of the bird flu. By Carl Zimmer Carl Zimmer has reported on pandemics since 2009 and is the ...

Now, Crescent Duck Farm is the only one left. It produced a million ducks a year, until two weeks ago, when bird flu shut the farm down. Corwin said, "I saw a flock one day that was great ...

The strain had previously been found only in birds and people. Most bird flu infections in dairy cattle in the US have been the B3.13 variant, or what’s become known as the “cattle clade.” ...

A subtype of bird flu caused by avian influenza A (H5) virus has been spreading worldwide in wild birds with a few outbreaks in poultry, dairy cows and other mammals across the United States ...

hoping to discover just why they call it Twin Beaks. These references must have been fun for their parents though. Agent Cookie even meets a bird going by the name David Finch, and even the Log Bird.

Beak and Feather Disease Virus (BFDV) is a significant pathogen affecting psittacine birds, commonly known as parrots. This virus is responsible for causing beak and feather disease, which leads ...

After a year of rising bird flu cases among people in the United States, researchers are keeping a watchful eye on the H5N1 virus to slow further spread. Since early 2024, the country has recorded ...