The ‘alalā is the only surviving native crow species in Hawaii. Its decline is blamed on a loss of habitat due to logging, as ...

And the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance is playing ... and the last 'alalā seen in the wild was in 2002. The football-sized birds are about 18 inches long and a duller black color than crows ...

As the so-called bird flu wreaks havoc on chicken and dairy farms, scientists warn a new human pandemic could be on the ...

SAN DIEGO — A decades-long effort to save a critically endangered Hawaiian crow from extinction is taking a new strategy — relocating the birds to a different island than their historical home.

Health officials have said the person was older than 65, had underlying medical problems and had been in contact with sick and dead birds in a backyard flock. They also said a genetic analysis ...

Health officials previously confirmed the person had contracted the virus after exposure to a combination of a non-commercial backyard flock and wild birds. The individual had been hospitalized ...

In a statement, CDC officials described the Louisiana death as tragic but also said “there are no concerning virologic changes actively spreading in wild birds, poultry or cows that would raise ...

As the seasonal flu picks up, there are even more opportunities for the bird flu to acquire mutations as the different influenza viruses mix. A 13-year-old girl in British Columbia who was ...