A new study from the University of Cambridge has warned that bird flu could resist one of the body’s main defenses, a fever, ...

Bird flu may be particularly severe in humans because it is resistant to one of the body’s most important defence systems, a new study has suggested. When the human body responds to an infection its ...

Researchers spent five years studying the gut microbiomes of Northern cardinals, a common backyard songbird known for its vivid red plumage. Their study explores how microbiome diversity impacts the ...

Marc Trevor Freeman receives funding from National Research Foundation. Andrew McKechnie receives funding from the National Research Foundation. He holds the South African Research Chair in ...

Birds across the Americas are getting smaller and longer-winged as the world warms, and the smallest-bodied species are changing the fastest. That's the main finding of a new University of ...

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The human body's temperature will climb in response to an infection to try and stop a virus from replicating and spreading throughout the body. However, new research has found avian influenza viruses ...