You might be surprised by when the bald eagle became our national bird
“For nearly 250 years, we called the bald eagle the national bird when it wasn’t,” said Jack Davis, co-chair of the National ...
Southern Living on MSN5d
The Surprising Reason You Should Plan A Trip To Florida This Winter
A recent overnight tracking period revealed that more than 6.6 million birds crossed Florida in a 13-hour overnight period of ...
Science Daily5d
Cretaceous fossil from Antarctica reveals earliest modern bird
Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucat n Peninsula of Mexico triggered the extinction of all known non-bird dinosaurs. But for the early ...
Climate Cosmos on MSN5d
Top 10 Capybara Hotspots in South America
The Pantanal, Brazil The Pantanal in Brazil, an astounding wetland region, stretches over an enormous area, making it the ...
WJCT5d
It's like 'dead birds flying': How bird flu is spreading in the wild
That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and ...
The National Interest7d
About The National Interest
The National Interest is an award-winning online publication focusing on defense issues, national security, military affairs and hardware, foreign policy, and U.S. politics. The National Interest ...
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Remarkable footage captures return of rare predator after decades: 'Needle in a haystack'
Remarkable video has captured Australia’s rarest bird of prey hunting in Central Australia, an arid region where the species hasn’t been seen for 30 years. Footage taken on Friday, which was ...
UPI18d
Interior Department officially renames Mount McKinley, Gulf of America
Jan. 25 (UPI) --The Trump administration has officially implemented name changes for Alaska's Mount Denali and the Gulf of Mexico, as requested by the new president. The Interior Department ...
Wired21d
The US Has Bird Flu Vaccines. Here’s Why You Can’t Get One
Bird flu can kill poultry in just a few days, and once it is detected on a farm, entire flocks have to be culled. The Department of Agriculture has a national H5N1 vaccine stockpile for use in ...
The Indianapolis Star21d
Bird flu has been spreading worldwide. What's the threat? Here's what the CDC recommends.
A subtype of bird flu caused by avian influenza A (H5) virus has been spreading worldwide in wild birds with a few outbreaks in poultry, dairy cows and other mammals across the United States ...
The Peninsula21d
National Archives of Qatar conference highlights importance of documentary heritage for nations
The two-day regional conference, ‘Memory in Heritage: Fostering Cooperation on Documentary Heritage in the Arab Region’, is organised by the National Archives of Qatar (NAQ) in partnership ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat22d
Why local poultry farmers say $10 million bird flu reimbursement falls short
Last winter’s bird flu outbreak forced Sonoma County poultry ... owned by a handful of local families (and one giant national corporation), received a total of $10.6 million in federal indemnity ...