Once abundant throughout southeastern Australia, the critically endangered plains-wanderer is now on the brink of extinction ...

A brightly colored bill can be one of the best clues when identifying birds, and red-beaked species are some of the most ...

While we humans might spend hours perfecting a mohawk, some birds are just born to be wild. These feathery crests, often ...

Dairy farmers with infected herds reported large die-offs of wild birds near their farms before their cows got sick, according to the USDA. That led investigators to believe that the cows ...

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 ...

Legend has it he once fought off a bear single-handedly. I'm serious. Robert Alexander / Getty Images 8.This is Maud Wagner, who is widely believed to be the first female professional tattoo ...

At Punta Leon in Argentina, researchers Luciana Gallo, holding the red bucket, and Marcela Uhart take samples from deceased wild animals to test for bird flu. "It's just like wildfire. I mean it just ...

At Punta Leon in Argentina, researchers Luciana Gallo, holding the red bucket, and Marcela Uhart take samples from deceased wild animals to test for bird flu. "It's just like wildfire. I mean it ...

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.