The Star4d
Bird strikes: How pilots and airports around the world handle them
Bird strikes have entered the spotlight since a deadly Jeju Air crash in South Korea in December 2024. The Boeing 737-800 aircraft burst into flames after hitting a wall during an emergency ...
Wall Street Journal4d
At the ‘Wall Street of Eggs,’ Demand Is Surging
The nation’s biggest egg marketplace doesn’t own hens, farms or processing plants. From an office building in New Hampshire, roughly a dozen people facilitate the trading of billions of eggs a ...
Wall Street Journal5d
Deadliest Bird-Flu Outbreak Sees Demand Surge for ‘Wall Street of Eggs’
The U.S.'s biggest egg marketplace doesn’t own hens, farms or processing plants. Instead, the Egg Clearinghouse connects large-volume buyers with sellers, providing a crucial service as the ...
More dead birds spotted in Monmouth and Ocean as towns wait on results of bird flu tests
After reports last week of dead birds in Allentown, more were spotted in Neptune and Lavallette, as officials wait for bird ...
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More dead birds spotted in Monmouth and Ocean as towns wait on results of bird flu tests
Two dozen dead geese prompted Allentown to close all or part of three parks over bird flu fears. Reports have come in about dead birds along the Shark River in Neptune and the beach in Lavallette.
CNN4d
The wind may be partly to blame for bird flu spread between farms, a new study suggests
In February 2024, government veterinarians in the Czech Republic investigating a bird flu outbreak found themselves in the middle of a puzzling case. The highly pathogenic H5N1 virus was ...
CNN2d
Birds-of-paradise are sending secret color signals invisible to human eyes, scientists say
Researchers described biofluorescence in 37 of the 45 known species of birds-of-paradise, found only in remote tropical forests and woodland habitats of Papua New Guinea, eastern Indonesia and ...
BBC4d
Birds to be culled after avian flu case detected
Bird flu has been confirmed at a farm in Devon, the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has said, meaning all birds on the premises must be culled. The case was confirmed at a commercial poultry ...
Hometown Source3h
Birds of Washington County with Kyle Te Poel
Join local birder, photographer, and professional guide Kyle Te Poel for an engaging session about the fascinating variety of birds that call Washington County home on Friday, Feb. 28, 3:30-4:30 ...
The Boston Globe4d
USDA tries to reverse mistaken firing of bird flu response workers
While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there is a low risk of the public contracting the disease, the USDA firings come as bird flu is wreaking havoc on the agriculture sector ...
NBC News4d
USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday that, over the weekend, it accidentally fired "several" agency employees who are working on the federal government's response to the H5N1 avian flu ...