A 21-year-old harbor seal at Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford, named Blue, died last week from highly pathogenic avian influenza, known as avian flu or bird flu. Diagnostic testing on Blue showed ...

A seal at a Massachusetts zoo died this month after contracting bird flu. Blue, the Buttonwood Park Zoo’s beloved 21-year-old ...

Blue, a 21-year-old harbor seal, is believed to have contracted the virus through contact with a wild bird, zoo officials ...

Operating out of what it calls “an abundance of caution” the Syracuse Zoo has taken most of its birds off-exhibit.

Day-to-day operations require more resources like protective gear, space in the hospital to isolate birds and money to ...

Flu infections are the highest they’ve been in nearly 30 years, and flu deaths this winter have surpassed COVID deaths.

WEST BOYLSTON — Positive cases of bird flu have been detected in West Boylston, according to the state Department of Fish and ...

Tests show bird flu caused the death of a 21-year-old harbor seal at a zoo in New Bedford, Massachusetts earlier this month.

Zoos are ramping up protections for their animals, after a seal died in February, from the avian flu. Blue, the 21-year-old ...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — A harbor seal named Blue at Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford died earlier this month of the ...

The Trump administration’s efforts to impose its will on the federal workforce through mass firings, funding freezes and ...