Authorities in Japan say the Baikal teal duck is a major hazard in the skies after the bird caused a fatal plane crash in ...

The newly recognized Tokara Leaf Warbler is first bird species formally named from Japan in over 40 years. DNA and song analyses revealed it is distinct from Iijima’s Leaf Warbler. The species ...

For roughly a decade, a quiet mystery played out across two remote Japanese island chains. Birds that looked virtually identical were singing different songs. Now, researchers have confirmed what ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan culled over 17 million chickens this season amid its worst bird flu outbreak ever, per NHK. Local governments and farmers ...

As per latest reports, Japan has identified its first bird flu outbreak for the season. The H5N1 infection case was first detected and confirmed at a poultry farm in the northeast of the country.

Bird flu has been detected in a fourth Japanese prefecture, the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday, as a wave of infections at poultry farms sparks the country’s worst outbreak in more than four ...

If you love birds as much as I do, you may be captivated by their vibrancy of colors, their range of sounds (whether sweet like those of songbirds or booming like the bittern), their ability to fly ...

Japan culled over 17 million chickens this season amid its worst bird flu outbreak ever, per NHK. Local governments and farmers are having problems finding suitable land to bury chicken carcasses. As ...