Infection of poultry with influenza A subtype H7 viruses occurs worldwide, but the introduction of this subtype to humans in Asia has not been observed previously. In March 2013, three urban residents ...
Drawing of an ivory-billed woodpecker by Michael DiGiorgio. Community members are invited to learn about avian artworks at A Brief History of Bird Illustration and Painting, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25 in ...
The Avian influenza summer break is not only over, it has been smashed. In the past 30 days, the virus has spread to 106 commercial flocks in 23 states. And California is the latest to report ...
Philip Unitt showcases a hummingbird that is part of the Natural History Museum’s bird archive. (Photo by Thomas Murphy/Times of San Diego) Correction: An earlier version of this article misstated the ...
There’s some bad news for raw milk drinkers. Apparently, it can carry bird flu, or at least fragments of the virus, which has been spreading like gangbusters across the U.S., not only in wild birds ...
Each of the 53,000 bird specimens in the San Diego Natural History Museum’s ornithology collection has a story to tell – from the American black swift, an elusive bird that nests behind waterfalls, to ...