Bird flu suspected cause of death for nearly 300 dead birds in North Carolina’s Outer Banks
Nearly 300 dead birds have been found near Cape Hatteras on the Outer Banks, and wildlife experts believe the bird flu could be to blame as officials work to confirm those test results. The incident ...
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How the highly contagious bird flu is hitting NC's wild and domestic bird populations hard
Nearly 400 birds, mostly brown pelicans, near Hatteras Inlet were found dead last month from suspected highly pathogenic ...
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North Carolina’s Cape Fear River Is a ‘Forever Chemical’ Hotspot—What Does That Mean for Its Birds and People?
Amid mounting global health concerns about PFAS, communities living along the waterway must grapple with how contamination is ...
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NC Botanical Gardens gallery highlights local birds, encourages conservation
The North Carolina Botanical Gardens is hosting an exhibit titled "North Carolina Birds and Where They Live" from March 6 to ...
Hummingbirds are being spotted in North Carolina: Are your hummingbirds back?
Did you know there is a wonderful place dedicated to all things hummingbirds called the Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History? It is a wonderful nature preserve in South Carolina that's not ...
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29-foot-long humpback whale found dead on South Carolina 'met some trauma' before death
North Carolina, about 100 miles north of Bird Island, for the necropsy. "Although tests and samples will take months to finalize, we suspect this animal met some trauma prior to death," the ...
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How the highly contagious bird flu is hitting NC's wild and domestic bird populations hard
While the loss of hundreds of shorebirds to the bird flu is a tragedy, Turner said we need to keep it in perspective. Coastal North Carolina is a major flyway and stop-over point for migratory and ...