Although H5N1 typically infects wild birds, the virus has spilled over into domesticated animal populations, like dairy cows. Pic: AgriShots.
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Vanishing Voices Film explores the protection of native birds – YouTube
A new film explores the conservation work being done and the urgent mission to control mosquito populations in high-elevation forests across the …
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Scientists concerned about avian flu’s spread to Oceania after Antarctica – Xinhua
New Zealand is one of the last places on Earth that has never reported a case of the virus, which is decimating wild birds around the world. Brett …
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New York Foal Tests Positive for EEE – EquiManagement
… wild birds are a natural reservoir. Mosquitoes that feed on EEE-infected birds can transmit the virus to humans, horses, and other birds. Horses …
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Virginia environmental programs receive $2M in Chesapeake WILD grants | VPM
The supported programs cover work in wetlands, grasslands, forests and more. As Virginia grasslands have declined over the past 50-100 years, birds …
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Exploration drilling for geothermal energy ongoing at Rusutsu, Japan
The effect on surrounding hot springs, as well as the habitat of wild birds, will also be evaluated. These tests are expected to be completed by …
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Look out below! Hitchcock festival comes back to roost in October – Sonoma County Gazette
But how did they make those bird attacks look so real? Hitchcock, ever the perfectionist, used a combination of trained birds, wild birds and a few …
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Living With Roommates Is Sorely Underrated – Time
(Yes: wild great tits—birds.) In the winter of 2018, they tracked 105 great tits at two sites in the Wytham Woods, curious to test whether these small …
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Motorcycle-riding Macaw Always Draws Attention – Ride CT
In the wild, birds fly anywhere from 10 to 50 miles an hour. There’s a big range that they fly at, but I keep 40 at the max,” she said. Everest …
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