Despite their negative reputation, the birds are usually not a problem in home landscapes and are eager to dine on insects, ...

A black cat sitting on the street on green grass background. Though parrots and mockingbirds are probably the best well known birds to be able to recreate and echo human speech and other sounds (as ...

The bird flu that's been killing flocks of wild birds and causing outbreaks in poultry and dairy cows across the United States has another unlikely victim: house cats. More than 140 domestic cats in ...

The death of an Oregon house cat and a pet food recall are raising questions about the ongoing outbreak of bird flu and how people can protect their pets. Bird flu has been spreading for years in wild ...

San Jose, Calif. — Bird flu isn’t just affecting chickens and cows; it’s hitting pet cats. An estimated 11.6 million households in California own 23.3 million cats (in Michigan, 4.1 million households ...

A healthy cougar doesn’t drag its tail in the mud. That’s why Mark Elbroch, a big cat expert with the nonprofit Panthera, was alarmed when a game warden called him to see a young male mountain lion, ...

The current bird flu outbreak is sweeping through both wild and domestic birds throughout the U.S., but cats and, to a certain extent, dogs are vulnerable as well. Certain types of pet food - namely, ...

A cat's death in Oregon and a recent pet food recall highlight growing concerns about bird flu risks to household pets as the virus continues to spread in livestock across the U.S. Health officials ...

An outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu has been confirmed at a large commercial poultry operation in Grant County near ...

Two cats that belonged to Michigan dairy workers died after being infected with bird flu. But it’s still not clear how the animals got sick or whether they spread the virus to people in the household, ...