Nandina domestica’s red berries contain cyanide, which is often deadly for one of the Triangle’s year-round bird species that ...

Cedar waxwings, a species of bird that calls North Carolina home year-round, are “hardwired” to eat the red berries, Carol Hamilton, the president of New Hope Audubon Society, a chapter of the ...

When birds in a commercial poultry flock test positive for bird flu, North Carolina officials typically kill all of the birds by filling barns with foam. The carcasses are then composted at the farm ...

In a Jan. 6 news release, the CDC said there have been 66 confirmed cases of bird flu in the United States since 2024, and 67 since 2022. Outside of the United States, more than 950 cases of H5N1 have ...

State agriculture officials on Tuesday announced a commercial flock of turkey has tested positive for bird flu in North Carolina. According to the North Carolina Department of Agriculture ...

Only one death associated with bird flu has been reported so far. An NC Department of Labor webpage explains that infection with avian flu can occur by direct contact with infected poultry or ...

So far, no human cases of H5N1 have been reported in North Carolina. On Jan. 15, the CDC said that 67 total cases of bird flu in humans had been reported in the U.S. since 2024. Only one death ...