Another reason for chili plants to hold back on the heat: Capsaicin is a gut irritant that can speed up digestion. If a bird ...

Hundreds of millions of birds die in the U.S. every year from collisions with large human-made structures, including buildings, communication towers, and wind turbines. Migratory birds face an ...

We’ve documented home renovations and ground-up developments on Brownstoner so far, but never a store. That changes today with the first installment of the Bird Blog. Jennifer Mankins, owner of Park ...

Having hauled out his 30-or-so pounds of camera gear, which includes a massive 400-mm lens and a tripod, for Larry Hubbell it’s another afternoon of patiently looking for the Highway 520 bridge bald ...

Photo of a wild bird. To the right is a colorized transmission electron micrograph of H5N1 virus particles (purple). H5N1 bird flu is widespread in wild birds worldwide, and in 2024 is causing a ...

Bird flu, also called avian influenza, is a viral infection that can cause flu in birds and sometimes spread to mammals, including humans. Migrating waterfowl (wild ducks, geese, and storks) are ...