Nearly 100 miles away from the hustle and bustle of Punta Cana's resort area ... to more than 50 species of mangrove trees, 20 endemic birds (such as the Ridgway's hawk, the Hispaniolan piculet ...

Christian Jannasch Saona Island makes for a picture-perfect day trip from Punta Cana. Turquoise water ... of flowers and nearly 300 species of birds. Wildlife also abounds in the surrounding ...

That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and ...