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Users of the iNaturalist app - scientists and park staff but also visitors and even kids - have logged 6,939 species in the Great Smoky Mountains.

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Despite initial statements by the President of the Commission, a leaked draft of the proposal and the February 26 agenda indicate no changes will be made to the EU Taxonomy at this time.

Since late 2024, the avian influenza virus H5N1 has been spreading rapidly through wild bird populations, possibly spurred by fall migration. Waterfowl and seabirds have been hit hard, though ...

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Researchers have been eavesdropping on an unusual family of crows in Spain, collecting data on hundreds of thousands of different sounds the birds made. Small microphones recorded a variety of ...

Bird flu may be spreading between people and cats more than previously thought, a new federal study said. The findings published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s ...