Texas issued a public health alert Monday, asking health care providers in the state to be on the lookout for people with symptoms of bird flu who may have been exposed to an infected person or ...

This bird’s a real taco belle. A quick-thinking Texas family saved a baby bird they found lying helplessly on the ground by wrapping it up safely in a warm tortilla until wildlife experts arrived.

The Galveston County Health District confirmed the county’s first case of bird flu was found in Texas City this month. The first case of Avian Influenza, or H5N1, was identified in a bird on Dec ...

This loud bird species is native to North Texas. Meet the Northern Mockingbird, Texas’ state bird. “They are either applauded for their audaciousness or cursed for their persistence in ...

How widespread is bird flu in Texas? There’s no way to know exactly how widespread avian flu is in Texas or across America, ...

Here’s the Central Texas bird forecast for the month, courtesy of Travis Audubon. Learn more about Central Texas birds and bird-related events for all ages at travisaudubon.org or by calling 512 ...

Texas officials confirmed Wednesday that highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI or bird flu) has been detected in Austin-Travis County after tests were performed on dead birds discovered in North ...

The detection in New Braunfels is just the latest across Texas, with more recent findings in Amarillo, El Paso, Galveston and Lubbock. Bird flu was also recently detected in North Austin after ...

According to the United States Department of Agriculture, avian flu has been detected in 369 birds in Texas. The number represents all positive wild bird samples since January 1, 2022 ...

Pandora Dewan is a Senior Science Reporter at Newsweek based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on science, health and technology. Pandora joined Newsweek in 2022 and previously worked as the ...