The Department of Natural Resources confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, was found in a merganser ...

While it's tragic and alarming to see a massive die-off, it's not uncommon for birds that travel in such large populations.

The largest concentrations of sick mergansers were found Saturday at North Avenue Beach and Oak Street Beach. Other birds ...

While it's tragic and alarming to see a massive die-off, it's not uncommon for birds that travel in such large populations.

H5N1 bird flu — have been found along the shores of Lake Michigan in the Chicago area, prompting warnings from area health ...

Other duck species and Canada geese also were among ... Igleski said it's also becoming more common to see these events in Lake Michigan as climate change, namely the lack of ice during the ...

Monitors with an area bird tracking organization say that they've determined that a number of ducks have succumbed to bird flu​ along Lake Michigan.

Hundreds of red-breasted mergansers have been found either dead or sick over the past few days along Lake Michigan in Chicago ... in the mergansers, a species of diving duck that winters in ...