The Latest Breaking News from Avian flu

Progressives question Cal-Maine Foods' claim that an avian flu outbreak is to blame for soaring egg prices

NatureScot has revealed the devastating figure as it prepares for the return of Scotland’s seabird colonies across the summer

Rangers work to avoid repeat of last year’s devastating losses in breeding seabird colonies on the islands off the Northumberland coast

NatureScot officials along with the RSPB have ramped up surveillance, monitoring and biosecurity measures for our wild bird colonies.

It has ravaged farms, decimated wild birds and spilled onto mammals. Could avian flu spark the next human pandemic? The Down to Earth team takes a closer look.

Avian flu has decimated the marine creatures on the country’s Pacific coastline and scientists fear it could be jumping from mammal to mammal

People are being urged to stay away from dead animals after bird flu was found in a number of dead seals on the Cornish coast.

Avian influenza is a highly contagious viral infection of birds, commonly called “bird flu”, which has been recurring in Nigeria since 2006. It has resulted in the loss of millions of birds and income for people who rely on the poultry industry. Nigeria is currently grappling with another outbreak which…

Since October 2021 there have been more than 330 cases of avian influenza confirmed across the country

It is threatening rare species, and causing havoc for chicken farmers. Now a strain of bird flu has spread to mammals. Could it be a danger to humans?

The East Lothian gannet colony has suffered immensely at the hands of avian flu in recent months as images taken in summer 2022 show it almost unrecognisable compared to recent years