Experts are closely monitoring the marine animals, flagging mortalities and advising beach visitors to take extra precautions ...

Well-trained students and scientists are the boots on the beach collecting the samples and observations needed to help a ...

Researchers are on high alert monitoring the local Piedras Blancas elephant seal rookery — though there is good news.

Veterinary experts are urging owners of commercial and backyard flocks to take steps to protect their birds as the nation ...

Updates on issues of interest to the agricultural community and the public.

Two weeks after scientists confirmed the first-ever outbreak of avian influenza, or bird flu, in elephant seals along the ...

Avian influenza, also known as bird flu, has been identified in a commercial poultry flock in Walworth County.

When the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus was discovered on a poultry farm in Asia in 1996, there was little indication that it would become so widespread and so destructive. Within 30 ...

Bucks County officials are warning residents not to touch or interact with wildlife in county parks after several birds in the county tested positive for avian flu. Several wild birds were found dead ...

Veterinary experts are urging owners of commercial and backyard flocks to take steps to protect their birds as the nation sees an increase in bird flu outbreaks during spring migration. The vast ...

The first seven cases of avian influenza were confirmed by preliminary testing at UC Davis and confirmatory testing by the ...

FROM LANCASTER COUNTY WITH THE LATEST IN THAT STORY. MEREDITH, WE’RE LIVE HERE NEAR A FARM IN PENN TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, WHERE THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF ACTIVITY TODAY. SECRETARY REDDING SAID AVIAN ...