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

This painting was holding a centuries-old secret that art historians were thrilled to find. A close examination of "Ecce Homo ...

A 'village where time stood still' sits just on the Illinois side of the Mississippi river and offers plenty of historical ...

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

The American bald eagle is making a comeback. The birds of prey had been headed towards extinction, but conservation efforts ...

Along the long road from American icon to endangered species and back again, the bald eagle — the national bird of the United ...

A mix of outdoors stories from Illinois, including information on nominating the Illinois Outdoor News Person of the Year ...

A bald eagle that was hit by a car near Nevada has passed away. The Story County Sheriff's Office found the injured eagle on ...

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

As it mutates, the bird flu has seemingly been able to infect other bird species, pets, other kinds of animals and, on rare ...

Over the weekend and early Monday morning, a large number of dead birds were seen washed up on numerous beaches along Lake Michigan in Chicago.