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Dairy cattle in Texas and Kansas test positive for bird flu

Health
Rachel Carter

Federal officials say milk from dairy cows in Texas and Kansas has tested positive for bird flu By MIKE STOBBE and JONEL ...

Dairy cattle in Texas, Kansas test positive for bird flu

Health
Rachel Carter

Milk from dairy cows in Texas and Kansas has tested positive for bird flu, U.S. officials said Monday. Officials with the Texas ...

Bird flu is decimating seal colonies. Scientists don’t know how to stop it

Health
Rachel Carter

PORTLAND, Maine — Avian influenza is killing tens of thousands of seals and sea lions in different corners of the world, disrupting ...

Mass extermination planned for ravenous rodents on South African island

World
David Turner

World News By Deirdre Bardolf Published March 16, 2024, 3:32 p.m. ET Conservationists are planning a mass extermination of the invasive mice ...

A Pill That Kills Ticks Is a Promising New Weapon Against Lyme Disease

Health
Rachel Carter

If you have a dog or cat, chances are you’ve given your pet a flavored chewable tablet for tick prevention at some ...

Richmond wildlife staff wear a fox mask to feed orphan kit: Watch

U.S.
Amanda Smith

Watch: Wildlife center staff impersonate mother fox to treat kit fox While treating a fragile orphaned kit fox, wildlife center staff members ...

Golden Retriever Known to Eat Scraps at McDonald’s Finds Forever Home

Health
Rachel Carter

A dog who was found “filthy and emaciated” outside of a McDonald’s last year finally has a home, according to a Florida ...

Fluffy the alligator snapping turtle rescued from pond in England

Trending
Sarah Wilson

A dogwalker spotted the turtle last week in a northwestern English pond called Urswick Tarn, about 5,000 miles from its native habitat ...

What is Alaskapox? Man’s death is first fatal case of rare, new virus

Health
Rachel Carter

The first fatal case of a rare, newly identified viral disease has claimed the life of a man who lived in a ...

Elderly Alaska man is first reported person to die of recently discovered Alaskapox virus

Health
Rachel Carter

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An elderly man has died from Alaskapox, the first known fatality from the recently discovered virus, state health ...