With Thanksgiving foremost on our minds — whether you are still looking forward to the Thanksgiving meal or have already indulged in a bird and ... the turkey head is "caruncles." ...
Turkey Fact # 1: Enough with the gobble, gobble. Turkeys also cluck and purr. Turkey Fact #2: Turkey droppings tell a bird’s sex and age. Male droppings are j-shaped; female droppings are ...
Bird flu virus has been found in a batch of raw milk sold in California, and consumers should not drink it, the state Department of Public Health warned Sunday. The agency said that no illnesses ...
A pigeon-inspired robot has solved the mystery of how birds fly without the vertical tail fins that human-designed aircraft rely on. Its makers say the prototype could eventually lead to passenger ...
If true, it could mean that the virus can rapidly evolve to make the jump from birds to humans. It’s a worrying development but it doesn’t mean that a new pandemic is imminent, says ...
2:00 Health Matters: Bird flu detected in U.S. pig Bird flu has spread far and wide, infecting a range of species like chickens, skunks, cows, foxes and polar bears and renewing questions about ...
Dr. Oliveira is the director of the Center for Epidemic Response and Innovation in South Africa. As a virus scientist in South Africa, I’ve been watching with dread as H5N1 bird flu spreads ...
Another strain of bird flu (H5N1) has been confirmed at a poultry farm in Cornwall, with a mass cull of the birds ordered by the government. All birds at the St Ives premises will now be humanely ...