University of Hawaii intern Emily Greene, left, animal care coordinator Heidi Nikolai, Dr. Sophie Whoriskey, back, volunteer John Dahl and animal care assistant Stefanie Cooke take eye swabs of a ...

A Washington resident has been hospitalized with bird flu, according to the Washington State Health Department, and they’re infected with a strain of the virus that hasn’t been seen in humans before.

As bird flu continues to trouble several countries, health officials in the United States have reported the first known human case of the H5N5 subtype of avian influenza. The Washington State ...

The endangered Hawaiian monk seal faces numerous threats — from entanglement in fishing lines to loss of habitat, shark predators, human disturbances, and diseases. Now the seals face a viral threat — ...