QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador reported its first case of human transmission of bird flu in a 9-year-old girl, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday, marking a rare case of human infection a month after the ...

A wildlife photographer has beautiful pictures of graceful sword-billed hummingbirds. Andy Rouse captured the birds—famed for ...

QUITO, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Ecuador plans to vaccinate more than two million birds against bird flu to control an outbreak in the Andean nation, the Minister of Agriculture said on Wednesday. The South ...

Overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the city of Anconcito juts out from the western coast of Ecuador into the strong waves. It’s a life by the sea, and when one artisanal fisherman set out for his catch ...

Birders and bird guides refer to “our birds,” meaning the birds like Carolina chickadee, tufted titmouse, and northern cardinal that we see in our backyards — birds that “know us” and expect us to ...

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's Galapagos National Park (PNG) on Tuesday said that three birds had died of avian flu, prompting officials to activate biosecurity measures to reduce the risk of the virus ...

A customized itinerary allowed a group of birders to observe hundreds of species across a range of elevations, all while staying at comfortable eco-lodges. By Dorothy Spears Illustrations by Alexis ...

In a recent article published in the Disease Outbreak News section of the World Health Organization (WHO) website, they reported severe infection from the current H5 clade of avian influenza A virus ...

On the coast of Ecuador, a fisherman found a rare bird in need of rescue. Street View Image from May 2025 © 2025 Google Overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the city of ...