From a dog that 'sees with its nose' to an eagle spotting humans kilometres away, animal senses work in fascinating ways. Find out the vision range of the following animals.

A Washington resident has been hospitalized with a strain of bird flu that has not been seen in humans before, according to the Washington State Health Department. Since 2024, there have been 70 ...

Avian eye view -- Introduction / Sally A. McFadden -- Producing the image / Graham R. Martin -- Exploring the image / Hans-Ortwin Nalbach, Friederike Wolf-Oberhollenzer and Monika Remy -- Constructing ...

Soaring egg prices and concerns about bird flu spreading from wild birds and cattle to humans were top of mind for many Americans at the beginning of 2025. The topic recently made its way back into ...

Walking through Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Mass. on a recent May morning, the air was filled with a chorus of bird songs. Identifying the many voices in the chorus was the goal of a group of ...

H5N1 bird flu has infected growing numbers of people worldwide in recent years, but this week saw something new: the first recorded human case of an H5N5 avian influenza virus. What is this virus and ...

The greater honeyguide learned to lead humans to beehives, luring them with the promise of honey so they’d unlock the wax the birds eat. The following is an excerpt from The Call of the Honeyguide: ...

Bird flu viruses appear to replicate and thrive at temperatures higher than a typical fever—one of the body’s key protective ways of stopping viruses. This threat to human health has been outlined in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Very few birds in the world have been known to attack ...

New research reveals that the bird flu viruses may be capable of replicating at temperatures higher than an average fever, a key bodily defense mechanism against severe infection. The international ...