This story appears in the February 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine ... Babyface also once left her the head of a baby bird. “Kind of gross.” He brought a different—and from ...

About 40% of laying hens in the U.S. are "cage-free," she said. Of birds lost to bird flu, more than half of these birds are cage-free, Metz added. "It's important to know that bird flu does not ...

The down side is migrating birds can help spread H5N1 bird flu and other diseases among other bird species, animals and occasionally people. In winter and spring, "birds are migrating, so they ...

A Maine coon cat named Mittens became an accidental jetsetter when her cage was overlooked in a plane cargo hold and she made three trips in 24 hours between New Zealand and Australia. Her owner Margo ...

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the "other humans" that our ancestors met across ...

As a deadly bird flu continues to wreak havoc across the globe, Australia has so far remained the only continent free of the disease. But experts warn it’s only a matter of time before the lethal ...

Examining what it means to make money by selling the bereaved on an illusion, the film feels like something of a warning. By Alissa Wilkinson Mel Gibson directs an uneven action film with Mark ...

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