The virus is typically spread by wild birds. (Photo by Adrijan Mosesku/Getty Images) A domestic cat in Washington County recently tested positive for bird flu and had to be euthanized, the Oregon ...

Oregon officials said people should avoid contact with birds that seem sick or are dead to avoid spreading a highly contagious strain of bird flu.

The bird flu outbreak has expanded to 31 states and jumped to dozens of species, including nine mammals in Oregon that tested positive for the H5NI virus since 2022. A half dozen skunks, a raccoon, a ...

Oregon state and federal officials have confirmed that H5N1 bird flu was found in a pig. (Bloomberg / Getty Images) Oregon state and federal officials confirmed Wednesday that H5N1 bird flu was found ...

Stacker compiled a list of the most common birds seen near feeders in Oregon using data from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Project FeederWatch. Birds are ranked by the percent of sites visited from ...

With the fall migration underway, Oregon officials have noted an increase in birds infected with bird flu. Oregon Department of Agriculture officials said cases are on the rise, especially among ...

A large flock of birds takes off from a pond at the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge along the Oregon border in California. More than 80,000 birds have died over the past 2½ months at a network ...

State officials announced Wednesday that a severe form of bird flu has been detected for the first time in a pig on a small farm in Crook County in central Oregon. The farm, which was not identified, ...

The Bird Alliance of Oregon's Wildlife Care Center was broken into and vandalized early Thursday morning, resulting in harm to both wildlife patients and property. READ MORE | Corvallis Police: Be on ...

Portland-area birders—many of them working from home—have created one of the largest avian data sets in the world.

Oregon saw its first case of bird flu in December in a cat that had eaten raw pet food. The second case, in January, came from a cat that lived next to a wildlife refuge and was exposed to wild ...