But why? Experts refer to the disease impacting both domesticized and wild birds as HPAI — though most Americans would recognize the illness as bird flu, or avian influenza. As of Feb. 26, the 2026 ...

Commissioner Amanda Lefton announced that the 2026 I BIRD NY Challenge for birders of all ages and abilities is underway. The challenge encourages New Yorkers and visitors to identify birds and learn ...

DEC announced the start of the 2026 I BIRD NY Challenge where participants must identify 10 or more birds with prizes for the winners.

KINGSTON, N.Y. — The 2026 “I BIRD NY Challenge” has opened, the state Department of Environmental Conservation announced. The agency said in a news release that the challenge, which began Sunday, ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The annual I BIRD NY Challenge is underway. The challenge is open to all ages from March 1 to ...

After a catastrophic outbreak of bird flu devastated southern elephant seal populations in 2023, scientists are on high alert.

The DEC’s annual “I BIRD NY Challenge” asks birders of all ages and experience levels to identify 10 wild bird species anywhere in New York State.

Researchers are on high alert monitoring the local Piedras Blancas elephant seal rookery — though there is good news.

PESCADERO — Every year from late December through March, scientists from the Beltran and Costa labs at UC Santa Cruz set out for the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park. There, thousands of elephant seals ...

These geese were alive, but dozens of other wild birds were found dead in the Finger Lakes region this winter. In early February on Canandaigua Lake, the stark winter landscape was dotted with ...

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has run tests on four of the dead birds to figure out what happened.