Don’t be a hero if you spot birds or animals showing signs of avian flu (dead or distressed birds, multiple signs of sickness). Our instinct is to help, but trying to help a bird with avian flu likely ...

Wildlife professionals and advocates are grappling with an avian influenza outbreak that seems to be growing more virulent ...

The head of Illinois House Republicans is responding to calls for her to step down from her leadership role. The Illinois Freedom Caucus, made up of six state representatives and one senator, is ...

As bird flu spreads across the United States, many in Illinois are growing concerned about their livestock, pets, wildlife, ...

Tarik Shahzad logged 294 birds last year, a new record to Cook County, which is a hot spot for bird-watching in the Midwest.

Once considered an endangered species, there are now more than 3,100 bald eagles wintering in at least 27 Illinois counties.

Many of the birds, he said, were frozen to the ice. The city of Taunton announced on Sunday that state departments were assisting Taunton Police and Taunton Board of Health in the investigation ...

A decade after declaring Northern Goshawk or ‘baaj’, closely associated with Guru Gobind Singh, as the state bird of Punjab, the government has finally come to terms with the fact that it has ...

The mockingbird has been Florida's state bird since 1927, when the state was much more agricultural and less populated on the coasts. The proposed change highlights the state's modern identity and ...

Meanwhile, on Jan. 6, 2025, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the first human death from bird flu in the U.S., in Louisiana. Kimberly Dodd, dean of Michigan State University ...

Workers at the farm bagged up the dead birds and took them to Michigan State University's College of Veterinary Medicine in East Lansing, where the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory conducted tests ...

It’s advice he and other design experts hope the Illinois Flag Commission will take to heart as it forges ahead with the contest to pick a new flag to represent the state. Participants can also ...