A single gene in the shorebird species known as ruffs controls the levels of testosterone in males, and this in turn affects ...

The Puppy Bowl starting line-up is ready for ruff competition ... confirmed that a strain previously found only in wild birds has turned up in dairy herds in Nevada ‒ raising concerns that ...

Why wait in line for a far-off glimpse of pandas when you can snuggle with cows, stretch with goats or sip tea with kittens?

Tufted ears, thick fur, and distinctive ruff on its neck have made this wild cat an icon of ... Italian sparrow Italian sparrow is a small, adaptable bird that is indigenous to the Italian ...

However playful they’d appeared a few minutes before, these were wild wolves. Their white coats ... and some carnivorous birds. After the meal, it’s time to play. Two one-year-olds pick ...

Ever wondered what role the neck serves? Besides holding the head in place, of course. Depending on the bird's diet and ...

Wisdom, a 74-year-old Laysan albatross, is the world's oldest known wild bird. She also just became a mother yet again.

That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and ...

North Carolina Wildlife says the only other confirmed case in wild birds was in Buncombe County. Last month state agriculture ...

A contagious bird flu is circulating widely among wild bird populations in Michigan, and officials suspect the virus has killed off hundreds of geese so far this year. More than 300 dead wild ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed last week that the new variant had infected dairy herds in the state after previously only appearing in wild birds since late 2023 or early 2024.