Already the trade impacts of vaccination have been made clear. France moved to vaccinate its ducks from the virus in 2023, a campaign that had helped poultry production there recover. But the U.S.

Minnesota’s ruffed grouse hunting — widely considered the best in the nation — appears to be holding up this fall despite signs of natural population decline for the state’s most popular game bird.

A: You certainly could have; our state bird spends its winter along the Atlantic coast from North Carolina to Florida and in the Gulf of Mexico, then returns to the state in April, as ice is leaving ...

The grouse hunting season is off to a slower start this year throughout the Superior National Forest and the northeastern ...

The number of bird flu cases have dropped in Minnesota, but turkey farmers say the threat is always there. "This most recent outbreak is going on three years now and it doesn't seem to be letting up," ...

Q: My ash tree has been undergoing emerald ash borer treatment for several years. Does the chemical injection affect the woodpeckers and nuthatches? I hope I’m not inadvertently poisoning them.

ST PAUL — One day after the Minnesota Board of Animal Health quarantined a Stearns County dairy herd after samples collected as part of Minnesota's milk surveillance plan tested positive for H5N1, a ...

Ducks and geese have started flying south for the winter. It makes for a pretty sight. But some are carrying sickness with them. The migration has caused an uptick in cases of bird flu in commercial ...

Avian flu flared up in Minnesota poultry operations last month after a nearly eight-month reprieve, forcing farmers to depopulate eight turkey barns. A vaccine exists for this highly pathogenic avian ...