Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A blue tit flies to a feeder in a garden, where a great spotted woodpecker is currently sitting. For backyard birding enthusiasts, ...

As much as we love watching backyard birds, putting out feeders and birdbaths can create an unhealthy situation. Birds are susceptible to diseases, infections, and food poisoning just like we are.

Wintering birds, including the celebrated snow geese, return to California winter. The down side is migrating birds can help spread H5N1 bird flu and other diseases among other bird species, animals ...

Ibitoye is a visiting fellow at the Brown University Pandemic Center. Nuzzo is director of the Pandemic Center and professor of epidemiology at the Brown University School of Public Health. Meyer is a ...

Households who feed birds in their gardens are being warned to make some changes over the next few months. They have been ...

Adding coffee to your bird feeder could deter squirrels from stealing their food this spring - however, experts warn coffee ...

Wild birds are fun to watch at backyard bird feeders, and by feeding on insects, they are a natural form of pest control. But when birds start to nest on your porch, in your attic, or other ...

Ms. McKenna is a journalist. Farmers in Georgia’s northeastern corner woke up on Jan. 15 to discover that birds in their flock of 45,000 chickens were ill and dying. Within 24 hours, the state’s ...