Scientifically known as Gallus gallus domesticus, chickens are one of the most widespread and common domesticated animals in the world. The global chicken population reached over 33 billion ...

For many cooks, the only truly foolproof way of telling the doneness of your meat is by using a thermometer. With one, the ...

Unlike other birds, chickens are not bred to fly. Most domesticated chickens are bred for food, not flight, according to BBC Wildlife Magazine. Domesticated chickens descend from red junglefowl of ...

High Path Avian Influenza, otherwise known as bird flu, has been detected in nearly one million chickens in the Miami Valley. As shown on News Center 7 at 6:00, state veterinarian Dr. Dennis ...

Migrating waterfowl (wild ducks, geese, and storks) are natural carriers of bird flu viruses. Scientists suspect that infection can spread from wildfowl to domestic poultry (chickens and turkeys ...

Highly contagious H5N1 avian flu has been confirmed in a Mississippi chicken flock. Do you know the symptoms of bird flu? The Mississippi Board of Animal Health issued a news release on Monday, Dec.

The first person to have a severe case of H5N1 bird flu in the United States has died, according to the Louisiana Department ...

Does the color of egg shells have any effect on your eggs’ flavor or nutritional value? Here’s what the experts say about ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called it the first severe case in the U.S., though the risk to most of the ...

This story was updated due to an inaccuracy. Nearly a million chickens tested positive for bird flu at a farm in a western county of Ohio, according to the Ohio Department of Agriculture in December.