Tag: animals
CDC calls for expanded testing for bird flu after blood tests reveal more farmworker infections
Federal health officials on Thursday called for more testing of employees on farms with bird flu after a new study showed that some...
Brazil fines meatpacking companies, including giant JBS, for buying illegally raised cattle
BRASILIA, Brazil -- Brazil's environmental agency has levied $64 million in fines against 23 meatpacking companies and their suppliers for buying and selling...
California’s commercial Dungeness crab season delayed again to protect whales
SAN FRANCISCO -- The start of the commercial Dungeness crab season in California has been delayed for the seventh year in a row...
Big offshore wind project proposed for New York as other sites are evaluated in 3 states
BRIGANTINE, N.J. -- Offshore wind energy projects in New York, New Jersey and Maryland are moving forward, as federal regulators examine the proposals...
Polluted waste from Florida's fertilizer industry is in the path of Milton's fury
As Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida’s west coast with powerful winds and flooding rain, environmentalists are worried it could scatter the polluted...
Rare whale died of chronic entanglement in Maine fishing gear
PORTLAND, Maine -- A rare whale found dead off Massachusetts earlier this year died as a result of entanglement in Maine lobster fishing...