Avian influenza is a respiratory virus that spreads quickly among birds, often through nasal and eye secretions and manure.

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Other birds don't show signs at all. And so it's really hard to predict, but we have added that level of protection to anyone who's a bird at the zoo. But now that we have the mammal piece that we ...

Officials said the zoo is “taking precautions to keep our animals, staff, and guests safe and healthy” and checking on staff to see if they become sick or show ... a harbor seal from bird ...

When she took her dog out to Oak Street Beach on their morning walk Sunday, Portia Belloc Lowndes came across a scene that was so disturbing, she said, it felt “like a horror show.” Around 20 dead ...

Ray Bandar's "Bone Palace" spanned thousands of skulls he stashed in the basement of his Miraloma Park home. The collection lives on at the Academy of Sciences.

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