Brainy birds: African Grey Parrots are so intelligent they can solve problems like a 4- to 6-year-old child. They can even create new words for things they've never seen. Sharing is caring ...

African trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness, is a disease caused by a parasite and spread by the tsetse fly in sub-Saharan Africa. Infections begin with mild to moderate symptoms like fever and body ...

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Bird flu, also called avian influenza, is a viral infection that can cause flu in birds and sometimes spread to mammals, including humans. Migrating waterfowl (wild ducks, geese, and storks) are ...

The White House announced on Christmas Eve President Joe Biden signed a bill officially designating the bald eagle as the national bird. The bill, signed Monday after being passed unanimously by ...

The findings come at a time when outbreaks of bird flu -- a different subtype of the same influenza virus -- in dairy cattle have ...

But until Monday, it wasn’t the national bird. President Joe Biden signed a bill into law making the bald eagle the national bird, so the once-endangered species can now fly alongside other ...

The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and strength of the United States for more than 240 years, earned an overdue honor on Tuesday: It officially became the country’s national bird. President ...

Nearly a year into the first outbreak of the bird flu among cattle, the virus shows no sign of slowing. The U.S. government failed to eliminate the virus on dairy farms when it was confined to a ...

One prominent member of American society received a promotion with bipartisan support this holiday season: The bald eagle is now the official bird of the United States, a proclamation nearly 250 ...

Chad’s army chief says French troops left in vehicles from base in the north of the country for the capital, N’Djamena.