What is Bird Flu in Cats? Bird flu, also called H5N1 avian influenza, is a flu virus. It causes severe illness and death in all types of birds, particularly wild birds, ducks, geese, and chickens.

A healthy cougar doesn’t drag its tail in the mud. That’s why Mark Elbroch, a big cat expert with the nonprofit Panthera, was alarmed when a game warden called him to see a young male mountain lion, ...

A video capturing a cat lounging on a tree branch while a bird plucks fur from its coat to build a nest has captivated internet users. In the sunlit yard, the cat remains motionless, seemingly ...

Oregon saw its first case of bird flu in December in a cat that had eaten raw pet food. The second case, in January, came from a cat that lived next to a wildlife refuge and was exposed to wild ...

The highly pathogenic avian flu virus has struck again. This time at two popular New York City zoos, prompting zoo officials to rush to limit exposure to other wildlife animals within their facilities ...

The deadly bird flu may have already infected at least some of the half-million stray cats roaming the Big Apple, animal activists warn — a troubling scenario that could threaten humans, too. There ...