New Guinea is home to some of the world’s most toxic birds. Why they contain poison, and how they withstand it is still a source of scientific mystery. The variable pitohui, a poisonous bird ...

SAN FRANCISCO – In the classic film “The Birds,’’ flocks of crows and other species suddenly and viciously attack people for no apparent reason. Now another Bay Area-based mystery has ...

30 YEARS AGO, A BOSTON COMPANY WILL GET $170 MILLION TO DEVELOP TO DEVELOP A BIRD FLU VACCINE. MODERNA SAYS IT WILL USE THE SAME MRNA TECHNOLOGY USED TO PRODUCE SHOTS FOR COVID 19. HERE TO TALK ...

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The contract, announced on January 17 – three days before Trump took office – was for an mRNA vaccine targeting the H5N1 influenza strain, which has been circulating in birds and cattle.

The federal government announced Wednesday that it is canceling a contract to develop a vaccine to protect people against flu viruses that could cause pandemics, including the bird flu virus that’s ...

These small creatures have just flown more than 1,850 miles (3,000 kilometers), all the way from Central America. Other birds undertake even longer journeys — the Swainson’s thrush, for example, nests ...

Sue Bird had a clear pick about her favorite active WNBA player. The four-time WNBA champion is watching the game from afar, admiring the new generation of players and praising the top names who ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — An 11-year-old boy died from bird flu in Cambodia's fourth fatal case this year, the Health Ministry announced Wednesday. Several chickens and ducks near the boy’s ...

Ecologists have long assumed that the world’s bird species were best equipped to respond to the pressures of climate change simply because they have the option of flying to higher altitudes or towards ...