H5N1 bird flu found in four Southern California rats
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has added black rats to the growing list of mammals that have been infected by ...
Tag: Animals & Pets
Dairy workers may have given bird flu virus to their pet cats, with deadly results
When the bird flu virus began striking dairy farms last year, dead barn cats were often the first sign. A ...
A dozen wolves collared in California as officials seek to track the growing population
Wildlife officials have collared a dozen gray wolves in Northern California in an effort to better understand and manage the ...
Woman hospitalized in Wyoming with H5N1 bird blu
A woman in Wyoming was hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu, according to health officials who say she was likely infected ...
A new bill could require California to monitor wastewater for disease in the Central Valley
State Sen. Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) is frustrated by the lack of wastewater monitoring for H5N1 bird flu in the state’s ...
New H5N1 bird flu variant found in Nevada dairy worker as new data shows changes in virus
A dairy worker in Nevada may have tested positive for a strain of H5N1 bird flu known to have killed ...
Long Beach aquarium spotlights ‘real animals, real birds, real fish’ with new report card
Long Beach’s Aquarium of the Pacific has launched a new project aimed at putting the conservation spotlight on the stars ...
Column: Chickens, cats, dogs, goldfish: From the front lines of the fires, stories of survival
Early on the morning of Jan. 8, Mr. Thelma went missing. Anthony Ruffin and his wife, Jonni Miller, had no ...
Nearly 300 trout rescued from Palisades fire burn scar. Their watershed could take a decade to heal
They only had one shot to save the fish. Ash from the Palisades fire had blown into a stream housing ...
Another unwelcome consequence of climate change: an explosion of urban rats
If scorching heat waves, destructive storms, prolonged droughts and rising seas aren’t enough to make some folks fear the consequences ...
