Come July, the commission will likely have another new face as Gov. Tate Reeves has appointed Drew St. John of Madison to fill the vacancy of outgoing District 2 commissioner Scott Coopwood. Coopwood ...

"Most of the species are plants," said Jesse Leddick, assistant director of Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program in ...

Brockton Mayor Robert F. Sullivan said, "We have to make sure residents stay away from dead and sick birds" to prevent any ...

Around 20 turkeys found dead over the weekend in Edgartown are being tested for bird flu.  Edgartown Health Agent Brice Boutot said several clusters of deceased wild turkeys, the largest consisting of ...

EUSTIS — Three people were injured Saturday morning, including a 17-year-old Massachusetts teenage boy who was seriously hurt, when snowmobiles crashed into a stopped machine, according to a statement ...

Wildlife officials were at a Plymouth, Massachusetts, beach on Friday to collect dead birds amid fears of avian flu.

A federal appeals court on Thursday restored a U.S. agency rule restricting lobster and Jonah crab fishing off the Massachusetts coast to protect endangered whales, rejecting a claim that the agency ...

Bird flu is now believed to be widespread in Massachusetts and is likely present even in places where there has not been a ...

Evidence suggests that bird flu is widespread in Massachusetts and “likely present even in places where there has not been a ...

To report sightings of five or more sick or dead wild birds found at a single location, Massachusetts residents are asked to contact the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. Those who observe sick ...

potential H5N1 cases over the last day or so in Central and Western Massachusetts, said Andrew Vitz, the state ornithologist at the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. They include test results ...

State environmental and health officials announced Wednesday that Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus, which rarely infects humans, is suspected to be the cause of death in ...