The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh received a rapturous welcome from a Nepali hillside village on the last day of their tour. After spending Saturday trekking in the Annapurna Conservation Area, the ...

Since avian influenza, also known as bird flu, was first confirmed in the U.S. in wild, migratory bids 10 years ago, the disease shows no sign of slowing down. The disease was detected in a ...

He said people with backyard flocks of chickens and other poultry should take steps to keep themselves safe. "People who have backyard flocks should keep gloves, masks, eye protection, and ...

My favorite springtime view (Melissa/TSM) My favorite springtime view (Melissa/TSM) The good news, is you don't have to (unless you also have domestic poultry in your yard, in which case it is ...

When cooking, use a food thermometer to ensure safe temperatures, the CDC says. The virus infects the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts of birds. It can spread quickly through a flock ...

This adaptation or way of sleeping is called unihemispheric slow-wave sleep and keeps birds safe.” When it’s dark and quiet birds “can sleep deeper with both eyes closed and both halves of ...

ourselves safe, and our birds safe," said Linton. The Department of Agriculture expects egg prices to rise another 20% this year.

The majority of the dead birds collected so far were paradise shelduck, a native taonga species which traditionally used oxidation ponds at the treatment plant as a moulting site, it said. Dead bird ...

"We are doing everything we can to keep our birds safe, but this is a brutal disease," Mr Gorton said. A rising number of cases and the risk avian influenza posed to wild birds led to the ...

"We are doing everything we can to keep our birds safe, but this is a brutal disease," Mr Gorton said. A rising number of cases and the risk avian influenza posed to wild birds led to the ...