KK: For birds, keeping their plumage clean isn’t about good looks or vanity—it’s essential to their health. Feathers are ...

Bird baths are one of the most popular additions to any garden. They provide a place for all sorts of birds, from robins to redwings, chaffinches, magpies, starlings and crows, to find a source of ...

Dust bathing' is a documented phenomenon among birds. Here's why scientists think they do it — and how to add a bird dust ...

In the recent years, ice baths have become extremely popular. Once strictly followed by only elite athletes, the fitness trends is now being embraced by fitness enthusiasts around the world.

Ice baths are effective for short-term recovery and soreness reduction, especially in elite athletes or those training frequently. (Image: Freepik) Ice baths have become a go-to recovery method ...

Our project is to screen for strains of avian influenza (bird flu) to study how they spread. We focus on certain species of gull with migration paths that overlap here. All of that mixing means ...

For more than a century, scientists believed that a fossil of a winged dinosaur from the Jurassic Period discovered 160 years ago in Germany represented the earliest birds. Now, researchers have ...

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced a $1bn (£792m) plan to help US farmers combat a raging bird flu epidemic that has required them to kill millions of chickens and pushed the ...

The results came back positive for influenza-A subtype H5N1. Bird flu. With that diagnosis in mind, one of Russo’s colleagues tried to get some bovine samples tested for H5N1, but the lab refused.

Ice baths, or cold plunge tubs, are having a moment. Exercise physiologists have studied cryotherapy, including the effects of ice as a post-exercise treatment, for decades, and emerging research ...

Bath's Royal United Hospital's new 16-bed intensive care unit (ICU) has opened. The hospital was one of many this winter to face high demand for urgent medical care. The new unit cares for those ...

We put our final list of bath towels to the test for up to three weeks, assessing each one’s plushness, absorbency, drying efficiency, overall quality and durability—the last feature taking ...