WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Kansas Department of Agriculture says there has been two recent cases of bird flu in the state. “So, yes, we are on heightened alert,” said Dr. Justin Smith, the health ...

The HPAI strain of avian flu is infecting and killing birds in Missouri and Kansas. Several cases have been reported around ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW)—Wild birds in Kansas are dying from suspected bird flu. Some reservoirs estimate more than 1 in 100 birds have died this season. The deaths are happening in several different ways ...

Talks of the bird flu have seemed to take over social media in recent months. Bird flu, also called avian influenza, is a virus that primarily impacts poultry flocks. It is usually passed onto them by ...

Bird watchers are flocking to southwest Kansas after the appearance there of a Ross's gull, a rare species generally found only in Siberia, Greenland, Canada and northern Alaska. "This is a really big ...

Over the last three years, an ongoing outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has threatened poultry flocks in ...

If you’ve noticed more dead birds than usual, you’re not alone. Kansas wildlife experts advise that recent cases of bird flue ...

Millions of birds are getting ready to fly over and stop by Kansas this fall as they complete their long-distance fall migration journeys. Kansas may be considered a flyover state for some people and ...

Migrating birds often drive up numbers of avian influenza among wild birds and sometimes farm animals. Migrating flocks of wild birds can carry avian influenza, also known as the bird flu. That’s why ...

A rare Ross's gull found deceased Feb. 5 in southwest Kansas did not die of starvation, a state Department of Wildlife and ...

Pull off Kansas 156 in Barton County during a wet year and it might feel like you took a wrong turn into Florida. This part of central Kansas is home to the largest interior wetlands in the country: ...

The photo on the left shows the Cheyenne Bottoms wetlands in central Kansas filled with water and birds in 2017. The photo on the right shows the same wetlands dry and empty this year as drought ...