Bird flu has hit the zoo. Over a dozen ducks and wild birds at the Queens and Bronx zoos have died, likely all due to the avian flu sweeping the country. Three ducks at the Queens Zoo died after ...

And while it has jumped over into wild birds periodically — killing many birds in many places — it never took off globally. Then came 2020 and 2021, when the version that's driving the current ...

And while it has jumped over into wild birds periodically — killing many birds in many places — it never took off globally. Then came 2020 and 2021, when the version that's driving the current ...

That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and mammals around the world. And that's a serious risk for human health.