Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illustration shows test tubes labelled "Bird Flu" words PARIS (Reuters) -South Africa has reported the highly pathogenic H5N1 ...

PARIS, April 18 - Liberia has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza on a poultry farm, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Friday. The disease, commonly called ...

Every year, billions of birds migrate long distances with the changing of seasons — according to BirdLife Africa, 40 to 50 percent of avian species migrating to and from Africa are in decline.

Migratory birds such as the pied flycatcher typically have wintering locations in Africa close to others from the same breeding population. That means that birds breeding in the Netherlands run into ...

Cranes are some of the world's most majestic birds, with 15 species found globally. Four of these are found in Africa. The wattled crane in South Africa was in decline, but seems to have turned a ...