BHUBANESWAR: Over 16 lakh winged guests of more than 200 species are roosting in Odisha’s major wetlands and bird congregation zones at present, revealed the annual mid-winter waterfowl census ...

Altogether 799 people were killed in wild animal attacks in Odisha in the last five years, a minister said in the assembly on Tuesday. The state reported deaths of 2,832 wild animals during the period ...

Since October 2021, more than 117,000 dead wild birds — from 315 species in 79 countries — have been reported to the World Organization for Animal Health. But because many wild bird deaths are ...

A human case of bird flu has been reported in Puri district, Odisha. The health department is closely monitoring the area, with surveillance zones established and door-to-door awareness campaigns ...

Bird flu is taking a massive toll on wild animals, researchers find Researchers are reporting mass die offs of wild birds and sea mammals due to bird flu. They're tracking the deaths to better ...

That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and mammals around the world. And that's a serious risk for human health.

They don’t climb over mountain ranges. The one animal species that does is birds,” says Osterholm. Traveling in infected wild birds, the virus took off and jumped over to North America in late 2021.