Residents across western Pennsylvania held binoculars and notebooks over the weekend as many participated in the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania's Great Backyard Bird Count. From robins to ...

True to the scientific method, the Great Backyard Bird Count started out of curiosity. Researchers at the National Audubon Society and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology had an observation and a question.

Ken Pounds has a coop full of turkeys, and with justifiable concerns about bird flu, that’s all he wants in there. No flies if he can help it. Definitely no people who don’t need to be there. And ...

In three years, since a highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu) detection on Feb. 8, 2022, the United States has seen widespread effects across the poultry industry, with a staggering 166.07 ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture is deploying experts and resources to Lancaster County as the number of flocks affected by bird flu continues to rise. Federal and state agriculture ...