The mute swan was also thought to be one of the sacred birds of Apollo, and therefore considered a symbol of harmony and beauty. Its limited capabilities as a singer were sublimated to songbirds ...

Knowing where, when and for how long mallard ducks—natural carriers of avian influenza—stop and rest as they migrate can help predict the probability that they will spread bird flu to backyard poultry ...

The bird of ballets and picturesque waterscape paintings, mute swans are elegant, graceful and ... invasive? They were originally brought to North America from Europe to keep in ponds and gardens.

The whooper swan, like its onomatopoeic cousins, the whistling and the trumpeter, belongs to an elegant society of sisters; the mute ... these beautiful birds. Yet their loveliness masks the ...

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and the history of art is littered with pictures of ravishingly beautiful birds; even Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci had a go. Today the beautiful mute swan is the animal found on Valentine ...

Bird flu has been reported at an East Yorkshire nature reserve. Yorkshire Wildlife Trust said the outbreak was affecting mute swans at the North Cave Wetlands centre near Hull. It added it was ...

Knowing where, when and for how long mallard ducks – natural carriers of avian influenza – stop and rest as they migrate can help predict the probability that they will spread bird flu to backyard ...

While mallards tolerate avian influenza well, it is fatal to mute swans; the dead birds can serve to alert people to the presence of bird flu that is otherwise hard to detect in the wild.