Owning pets makes life exciting and full of joy and many people love cats because they are soft calm and fun to play with. Some people also dream of having a bird because birds are colorful, happy and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jen Reeder is an award-winning journalist who specializes in pets. The bird flu that is driving up the cost of eggs is also ...

Cats and birds have a long, complicated relationship. Even the sweetest house cat still carries the instincts of a hunter, and birds can easily become the victims. If you share your home with a cat ...

Bird flu can be passed on “mostly through contact with an infected bird’s droppings, saliva or other bodily fluids. Wild ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yes, most cats in the U.S. and other areas where bird flu has been seen are in greater danger now that the weather is warming.

It's spring, the birds are migrating and bird flu (H5N1) is rapidly evolving into the possibility of a human pandemic. Researchers from the University of Maryland School of Public Health have ...

A nationwide egg shortage has sent prices soaring at your local grocery store—and the culprit is H5N1 bird flu. The virus has infected poultry flocks in every US state, with more than 166 million ...

In Milwaukee in April, early wildflowers rush to bloom. Regular rainstorms draw forth tender yellow-green sprouts, and a delirium of birds who overwintered in Central and South America pass through, ...

San Jose, Calif. — Bird flu isn’t just affecting chickens and cows; it’s hitting pet cats. An estimated 11.6 million households in California own 23.3 million cats (in Michigan, 4.1 million households ...

Two cats that belonged to Michigan dairy workers died after being infected with bird flu. But it's still not clear how the animals got sick or whether they spread the virus to people in the household, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cats and birds have a long, complicated relationship. Even the sweetest house cat still carries the instincts of a hunter, and ...

Bird flu isn’t just affecting chickens and cows — it’s hitting pet cats. An estimated 11.6 million households in California own 23.3 million cats. A growing number of these and an unknowable ...