15+ hour, 43+ min ago   (550+ words) Training camp is officially underway. These determined yellow racers are getting ready for the Rotary Club of Lake Placid’s 21st Annual Dam Duck Race on Saturday, September 19, where a little friendly competition helps raise money for important community projects. Jack's Dam…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (598+ words) Industrial poultry farming is accelerating the spread of a leading cause of food poisoning, warns new research. It has led to a more than 100-fold increase in the movement of Campylobacter — the leading bacterial cause of diarrhea worldwide, according to…...

6+ mon, 6+ day ago   (760+ words) Three-week-old turkeys, known as poults, on Oct. 4, 2023, in Kensington, Minnesota. (Glen Stubbe/The Minnesota Star Tribune/TNS) Avian influenza has now killed more than 10 million birds in Minnesota since 2022, as farmers and state officials continue to deal with a disease…...

8+ mon, 5+ day ago   (813+ words) A black vulture creeps along at Hudson Highlands State Park in Cold Spring last May. The scavenger species has been susceptible to bird flu in the lower Hudson Valley, suffering large mortality events. Gripping your binoculars, you break the tree…...