Minnesota's extensive library of books about its birds received a substantial addition recently when the University of Minnesota Press published "Birds in Minnesota." This is yet again a revised and ...

The world's largest group of ornithologists announced Nov. 1 that it would begin work renaming 70 to 80 North American bird species named for people — some deemed racist, exclusionary, or implying ...

Already the trade impacts of vaccination have been made clear. France moved to vaccinate its ducks from the virus in 2023, a ...

The birder in your life likely covets "The Breeding Birds of Minnesota: History, Ecology and Conservation," from the University of Minnesota Press. The two-pound doorstopper has 1,145 color images of ...

ROSEVILLE, Minn. — A wildlife rehabilitation facility in the Twin Cities took in a bird rarely seen in Minnesota last weekend. An ancient murrelet was found on a road in Hastings and was too weak to ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Wisconsin has identified its first human case of the bird flu. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services announced Wednesday that it had detected a presumptive positive human case of ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota was on track to declare itself free of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI, also known as H5N1) on Friday, but state officials cautioned on Wednesday that is not likely ...

A baby goat in western Minnesota died earlier this month after being infected with the same strain of avian influenza that has claimed millions of birds across the country over the past two years, the ...

Possessing bird feathers could get a person cooped up in prison. The possession of feathers and other parts of native North American birds without a permit is banned by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act ...

OWATONNA, Minnesota (WCCO) — Southern Minnesota has been hit especially hard by bird flu this season. Hundreds of Canadian geese have been found dead in the southeastern cities of Owatonna, Albert Lea ...