Researchers at UCLA are asking the public for help documenting changes in bird behavior from wildfire smoke. It takes 10 ...

One iconic Chicago songbird — the bobolink — is also experiencing significant population declines across the Midwest and ...

Eighteen people were shot and four were killed in a drive-by late Wednesday night outside a nightclub in Chicago, police say.

Officers said there were 6-foot-tall (2-meter-tall) “mountains” of garbage blocking entrance doors. Dead birds were found in cages along with mice running about and a live cat. And there was a ...

Then, on Oct. 5, 2023, Dr. Willard climbed the lakefront steps to the building’s walkway on his routine inspection to find it littered with dead and injured birds.

Annette Prince leads the group that found roughly 100 dead and sick birds along the Chicago Lakefront last month. "These mergansers are beautiful, and we're seeing them washed up, you know, in ...

Reports of the dead birds first surfaced over the weekend. Chicago Bird Collision Monitors, a volunteer conservation group, began receiving reports Jan. 31 of large numbers of mergansers found ...

A massive group of dead waterfowl that washed up along the southern shores of Lake Michigan near Chicago and its northern suburbs is believed to be linked to the ongoing bird flu outbreak, wildlife ...

Symptoms of bird flu include tremors, seizures, incoordination, nasal discharge, coughing, sneezing and diarrhea, according to the Wisconsin Humane Society. The group suggests calling them if you ...

Contact the DNR Wildlife Switchboard if you see five or more sick or dead birds in one area by emailing [email protected] or calling 608-267-0866.