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 infected birds "present with tremors and little ability to move," said a local conservation group tracking the outbreak.

Reports of dead birds washing up on beaches along Lake Michigan are sparking new fears over bird flu. Over the weekend, ...

Hundreds of dead or sick red-breasted mergansers have been found along Lake Michigan, sparking bird flu concerns.

Officials urged residents of the Chicago area not to touch -- or let their pets touch -- dead or sick birds as a bird flu ...

After multiple recent reports of ducks and geese washing up dead on Chicago's lakefront, Illinois wildlife officials tell ...

Some bakeries and restaurants around the Chicago area have already been left shell-shocked by raising egg prices.

Dozens of dead and sick birds are washing ashore on Lake Michigan beaches in Illinois and Wisconsin, suspected of having the bird flu, according to state officials.

Hundreds of red-breasted mergansers have been affected by a bird flu outbreak on Chicago's Lake Michigan shoreline, raising ...

H5N9 is “not commonly seen in poultry in general,” says Eman Anis, assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania ...

The CDC has confirmed 67 cases of bird flu in humans since January 2025. While that number might seem low, the other ways it ...