Cats and birds should never mix (think Sylvester and Tweety), a rule emphasized by the American Bird Conservancy, which bluntly states that the "combination can be disastrous." But of course ...

Internet users are fascinated by a video of a cat dozing in a tree, not moving a muscle as he allowed a bird to pull the fur from his coat to make a nest. In a video of a sun-drenched yard ...

Bird flu wasn’t on Tim Hanson’s mind when he fed his cats specialty pet food containing raw chicken. “You go to the pet shop and it was the premium raw food,” he said. “It was finely ...

Torie Bosch is the First Opinion editor at STAT. In 2024, as zoos were hit hard by H5N1 bird flu, big cats were particularly affected: tigers, lions, a cheetah, and a panther all died after being ...