Avian enthusiasts around the world will identify and count birds from February 13 through February 16 as part of a massive community science project
Go bird-watching this weekend and support a global community science project
Avian enthusiasts around the world will identify and count birds from February 13 through February 16 as part of a massive community science project
www.scientificamerican.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Avian enthusiasts around the world will identify and count birds from February 13 through February 16 as part of a massive community science project
Avian enthusiasts around the world will identify and count birds from February 13 through February 16 as part of a massive citizen science project
Go bird-watching this weekend and support a global community science project
Avian enthusiasts around the world will identify and count birds from February 13 through February 16 as part of a massive citizen science project
www.scientificamerican.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Avian enthusiasts around the world will identify and count birds from February 13 through February 16 as part of a massive citizen science project
This seems bad.
The highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, which has caused the death of hundreds of millions of birds in the last five years around the world, is spreading across Antarctica, a pristine paradise for wildlife.
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The highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, which has caused the death of hundreds of millions of birds in the last five years around the world, is spreading across Antarctica, a pristine paradise for wildlife.
english.elpais.com/science-tech...
Worst avian flu crisis ever recorded spreads across Antarctica
A Spanish expedition finds the potentially lethal virus ‘in all animal species detected at each site’
english.elpais.com
February 15, 2025 at 5:03 AM
This seems bad.
The highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, which has caused the death of hundreds of millions of birds in the last five years around the world, is spreading across Antarctica, a pristine paradise for wildlife.
english.elpais.com/science-tech...
The highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, which has caused the death of hundreds of millions of birds in the last five years around the world, is spreading across Antarctica, a pristine paradise for wildlife.
english.elpais.com/science-tech...
Wait til the science deniers bungle the avian flu epidemic that has currently halted all egg production in GA and is being found in waste water in states with little to no avian agriculture.
#worseThanCovid
#worseThanCovid
January 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Wait til the science deniers bungle the avian flu epidemic that has currently halted all egg production in GA and is being found in waste water in states with little to no avian agriculture.
#worseThanCovid
#worseThanCovid
"One USDA bird flu scientist kept a job but had to say goodbye to ... colleagues. “We all work on high pathogenicity avian influenza—seems like an absolutely reckless time to fire qualified scientists...directly involved in monitoring and responding to this virus right now,” the scientist wrote."
February 19, 2025 at 5:33 AM
"One USDA bird flu scientist kept a job but had to say goodbye to ... colleagues. “We all work on high pathogenicity avian influenza—seems like an absolutely reckless time to fire qualified scientists...directly involved in monitoring and responding to this virus right now,” the scientist wrote."
One of the executive orders this week prevents federal agencies from communicating about health or science. This means that NIH researchers can't attend planned conferences. The CDC can't publish a scheduled report on avian flu. The FDA cannot communicate regarding in-process drug approvals.
January 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
One of the executive orders this week prevents federal agencies from communicating about health or science. This means that NIH researchers can't attend planned conferences. The CDC can't publish a scheduled report on avian flu. The FDA cannot communicate regarding in-process drug approvals.
U.S. conditionally approves vaccine to protect poultry from avian flu | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. conditionally approves vaccine to protect poultry from avian flu
The decision brings U.S. poultry farmers a step closer to immunizing their flocks
www.science.org
February 15, 2025 at 5:02 AM
U.S. conditionally approves vaccine to protect poultry from avian flu | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Continued ability to develop this H5N1 avian flu vaccine would be an important step. This would of course require continued funding of the science.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Development of a nucleoside-modified mRNA vaccine against clade 2.3.4.4b H5 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus - Nature Communications
Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses from H5 clade 2.3.4.4b are circulating widely in birds and have recently caused large outbreaks in mammals. Here, Furey et al. develop a clade 2.3.4.4b HA-exp...
www.nature.com
February 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Continued ability to develop this H5N1 avian flu vaccine would be an important step. This would of course require continued funding of the science.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Fund Science.
Comic by Tom Gauld
Comic by Tom Gauld
January 24, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Fund Science.
Comic by Tom Gauld
Comic by Tom Gauld
Visited a special exhibition at the National Museum of Nature and Science (Tokyo), “Birds”. It’s the biggest avian exhibition ever in Japan, featuring the taxonomy and evolution of birds. I had never seen such a ton of stuffed avian specimens.
February 17, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Visited a special exhibition at the National Museum of Nature and Science (Tokyo), “Birds”. It’s the biggest avian exhibition ever in Japan, featuring the taxonomy and evolution of birds. I had never seen such a ton of stuffed avian specimens.
Truly terrible move by BBC World Service to axe its flagship science news show #ScienceInAction, the world's best, smartest science journalism in audio for a global audience. Host @peaseroland.bsky.social is the most insightful, informed, energetic journo in the BBC Science Universe.
bit.ly/3PTLg50
bit.ly/3PTLg50
BBC World Service - Science In Action, First US avian flu fatality
H5N1 bird flu is still spreading across farms in the US and claims its first human life
bit.ly
January 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Truly terrible move by BBC World Service to axe its flagship science news show #ScienceInAction, the world's best, smartest science journalism in audio for a global audience. Host @peaseroland.bsky.social is the most insightful, informed, energetic journo in the BBC Science Universe.
bit.ly/3PTLg50
bit.ly/3PTLg50
During an outbreak of avian flu, and gutting of health, science and agriculture experts…not sure this is a good idea 🤦♀️
March 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
During an outbreak of avian flu, and gutting of health, science and agriculture experts…not sure this is a good idea 🤦♀️
The spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza in U.S. dairy cattle can be traced to a single spillover event from a wild bird, researchers report in Science, raising concern over growing pandemic risks as the virus evolves and leaps between species. scim.ag/4jIRUrO
Emergence and interstate spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) in dairy cattle in the United States
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses cross species barriers and have the potential to cause pandemics. In North America, HPAI A(H5N1) viruses related to the goose/Guangdong 2.3.4.4b hemagg...
scim.ag
April 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza in U.S. dairy cattle can be traced to a single spillover event from a wild bird, researchers report in Science, raising concern over growing pandemic risks as the virus evolves and leaps between species. scim.ag/4jIRUrO
So I retweeted an article earlier that pondered the question “why is bird flu presenting milder than we thought?” (Paraphrased)
However… warning…
“Neurological disease induced by HPAI H5Nx viruses in mammals can manifest without clinical respiratory disease.”
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
However… warning…
“Neurological disease induced by HPAI H5Nx viruses in mammals can manifest without clinical respiratory disease.”
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The neuropathogenesis of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5Nx viruses in mammalian species including humans
Circulation of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5Nx viruses of the A/Goose/Guangdong/1/96 lineage in birds regularly causes infections of mam…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 4, 2024 at 7:03 AM
So I retweeted an article earlier that pondered the question “why is bird flu presenting milder than we thought?” (Paraphrased)
However… warning…
“Neurological disease induced by HPAI H5Nx viruses in mammals can manifest without clinical respiratory disease.”
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
However… warning…
“Neurological disease induced by HPAI H5Nx viruses in mammals can manifest without clinical respiratory disease.”
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
SO glad to see this.
U.S. conditionally approves vaccine to protect poultry from avian flu | Science | AAAS
U.S. conditionally approves vaccine to protect poultry from avian flu | Science | AAAS
U.S. conditionally approves vaccine to protect poultry from avian flu
The decision brings U.S. poultry farmers a step closer to immunizing their flocks
www.science.org
February 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
SO glad to see this.
U.S. conditionally approves vaccine to protect poultry from avian flu | Science | AAAS
U.S. conditionally approves vaccine to protect poultry from avian flu | Science | AAAS
This is type of cool and quiet science that excites me. In 2023, #H5N1 hit California condors hard: >21 birds dead. Just ~560 remain globally. Researchers asked: could a poultry vaccine help? They ran a trial that might change wildlife conservation & save the species.🧪
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
Safety and Immunogenicity of Poultry Vaccine for Protecting Critically Endangered Avian Species against Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus, United States
Vaccine for Protecting Avian Species against HPAIV
wwwnc.cdc.gov
April 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This is type of cool and quiet science that excites me. In 2023, #H5N1 hit California condors hard: >21 birds dead. Just ~560 remain globally. Researchers asked: could a poultry vaccine help? They ran a trial that might change wildlife conservation & save the species.🧪
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
Avian flu is not a distant threat—it is here and it is spreading. Check out my latest report and science action plan to help curb the spread of the virus and protect animals, ecosystems, the agrifood industry and public health. science.gc.ca/site/science...
March 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Avian flu is not a distant threat—it is here and it is spreading. Check out my latest report and science action plan to help curb the spread of the virus and protect animals, ecosystems, the agrifood industry and public health. science.gc.ca/site/science...
Egg prices are directly linked to avian flu- H5N1- spreading on poultry farms with high lethality in chickens. If you want cheaper eggs, then deal with the disease. That requires science, public health & vet experts.
January 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Egg prices are directly linked to avian flu- H5N1- spreading on poultry farms with high lethality in chickens. If you want cheaper eggs, then deal with the disease. That requires science, public health & vet experts.
Ultraviolet germicidal irradiation and ventilation for avian influenza control in Schools: A comprehensive review
Oh, no, sorry. It's about protecting chickens, not children.
I suspect #FluIsAirborne only until it hits school & hospital walls?
#H5N1 #MedSky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Oh, no, sorry. It's about protecting chickens, not children.
I suspect #FluIsAirborne only until it hits school & hospital walls?
#H5N1 #MedSky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
February 19, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Ultraviolet germicidal irradiation and ventilation for avian influenza control in Schools: A comprehensive review
Oh, no, sorry. It's about protecting chickens, not children.
I suspect #FluIsAirborne only until it hits school & hospital walls?
#H5N1 #MedSky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Oh, no, sorry. It's about protecting chickens, not children.
I suspect #FluIsAirborne only until it hits school & hospital walls?
#H5N1 #MedSky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The legend @dlnarango.bsky.social profiled in this beautiful piece chronicling her important research on insect/bird conservation www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
Scientists Are Tracking Worrying Declines in Insects—and the Birds That Feast on Them. Here's What's Being Done to Save Them Both
In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of creepy, crawly bugs that their avian predators consume and may have found the answers to keeping them both alive
www.smithsonianmag.com
July 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The legend @dlnarango.bsky.social profiled in this beautiful piece chronicling her important research on insect/bird conservation www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
Citizen science highlights a growing threat: feeders spreading avian disease. Simple seasonal changes can help keep garden birds healthy | East Anglia Bylines
Rethinking bird feeding: how to help without harm
Citizen science highlights a growing threat: feeders spreading avian disease. Simple seasonal changes can help keep garden birds healthy
eastangliabylines.co.uk
April 26, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Citizen science highlights a growing threat: feeders spreading avian disease. Simple seasonal changes can help keep garden birds healthy | East Anglia Bylines
How does fever work?
Our new Science paper shows how elevated body temperature can protect against severe influenza and that avian-origin viruses escape this defence.
This is likely one reason why bird flus and some pandemic influenzas can be so severe.🧵
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Our new Science paper shows how elevated body temperature can protect against severe influenza and that avian-origin viruses escape this defence.
This is likely one reason why bird flus and some pandemic influenzas can be so severe.🧵
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Avian-origin influenza A viruses tolerate elevated pyrexic temperatures in mammals
Host body temperature can define a virus’s replicative profile—influenza A viruses (IAVs) adapted to 40° to 42°C in birds are less temperature sensitive in vitro compared with human isolates adapted t...
www.science.org
November 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
How does fever work?
Our new Science paper shows how elevated body temperature can protect against severe influenza and that avian-origin viruses escape this defence.
This is likely one reason why bird flus and some pandemic influenzas can be so severe.🧵
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Our new Science paper shows how elevated body temperature can protect against severe influenza and that avian-origin viruses escape this defence.
This is likely one reason why bird flus and some pandemic influenzas can be so severe.🧵
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
August 4, 2024 at 2:37 AM
Anyone, anywhere can take part in this weekend's bird-watching extravaganza for science! 🧪 🪶 www.scientificamerican.com/article/join...
Go bird-watching this weekend and support a global community science project
Avian enthusiasts around the world will identify and count birds from February 13 through February 16 as part of a massive citizen science project
www.scientificamerican.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Anyone, anywhere can take part in this weekend's bird-watching extravaganza for science! 🧪 🪶 www.scientificamerican.com/article/join...