The U of M Raptor Center says an "irruption" is occurring this winter in the state, meaning non-migratory birds are flying ...

Great Backyard Bird Count” asks people to track the birds they see and hear over a few days. The information can help ...

Federal health officials say a dairy worker in Nevada has been infected with a new type of bird flu that’s different from the ...

Spring usually unfolds slowly, carefully, like the wings of a monarch butterfly as it labors into its new life after escaping its pupa. This year, spring exploded, like the seeds of a ...

The cold February turned birders’ thoughts to the warmer times to come. The spring migration is already on, with arctic birds passing through, and many of our favorite summer residents will ...

Spotify Minnesota’s state bird is everywhere: There are loons on license plates and library cards, at lottery counters, and ...

Along the long road from American icon to endangered species and back again, the bald eagle — national bird of the United ...

The Great Backyard Bird Count — GBBC — will begin again ... some winters we observe eruptions of owls and finches across northern Minnesota. Such phenomena are interesting and sometimes ...

With $1.267 million in funding approved by Governor Tim Walz on Jan. 3, researchers from the University of Minnesota’s College of Veterinary ... highly pathogenic avian influenza, also known as “bird ...

Samples from each of Minnesota's 1,625 permitted dairy farms will undergo testing once a month for H5N1, the virus commonly known as bird flu. (Elizabeth Flores/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...