COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A little piece of history was recently uncovered in the Colorado Springs area, as a new species of ...

“This would be the first reported case of mammal-to-human H5N1 virus transmission reported worldwide,” said the authors.

The researchers named the mammal Militocodon lydae in honor of two extraordinary contributors to the Corral Bluffs project.

The Etruscan shrew, Suncus etruscus, is the smallest mammal in the world today. Adults weigh 1.8 to 3 grams (0.06 to 0.1 ounces), and their body length is 35 to 48 millimeters (1.4 to 1.9 inches), ...

A US farmworker who caught bird flu after working with dairy cattle in Texas appears to be the first known case of mammal-to-human transmission of the virus, a new study shows.

The CDC urged dairy workers to wear protective equipment when working near cows after a farm worker in Texas developed a serious eye infection while infected with bird flu.

"Our findings are suggestive of human infection occurring in the dairy farm setting and cow-to-human transmission of HPAI [highly pathogenic avian influenza] A (H5N1) virus from presumptively infected ...

In Viet Nam's Annamite Mountains, conservationists search for the elusive saola, hoping to save the critically endangered ...

A zebra that made a break for freedom while being transported to a petting zoo in the western United States was on the run Friday.

"It's the largest neck in the world." Whitley made the unusual house call after Gerry's owner, longhorn cattle rancher Missy ...

Two outbreaks of avian flu in the United States caused rising concern among health officials after it was confirmed that a ...

The Texas dairy farm worker infected with H5N1 bird flu was not wearing respiratory or eye protection and had been exposed to cattle that appeared to have the same symptoms as those in a nearby farm ...