Winter birdwatching is full of surprises, from the daily hustle of familiar visitors to the excitement of spotting an ...

Everyday brings news of the spread of avian influenza A (H5N1), affecting flocks in more states, livestock, zoo animals and ...

Illinois Wildlife Extension Specialist Joy O'Keefe and Wildlife Medical Clinic Director Stephany Lewis say the virus threat ...

Bill Stamets was on one of his regular early evening walks along 57th Street beach earlier this month when he came across a handful of dead birds clumped together near ...

Olney, Illinois, has taken steps to protect an iconic mammal from domesticated felines, setting a possible model for other ...

While federal policy changes create uncertainty, the director of the Illinois Department of Public Health said this week said ...

One person infected with the bird flu died in Louisiana on Jan. 6. The patient was over 65 and became ill after contact with a combination of a backyard flock and wild birds, the Louisiana ...

The nationwide spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza, HPAI, also known as avian or bird flu, has many in Illinois ...

a professor with the veterinary medicine department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Pet-grade meat isn’t screened for viruses the way human-grade meat is, Sander said. Backyard ...

In an ongoing effort to supply communities with agricultural aid, Alfred Duma Local Municipality Mayor Zama Sibisi visited Ward 28 yesterday (February 5). Sibisi was accompanied by Exco member ...

HPAI is an extremely contagious and frequently deadly respiratory disease for domestic birds; it can kill entire flocks in a matter of days. One strain, H5N1, has spread from wild birds to ... flu ...

A northern cardinal finds winter respite in a live-cut Christmas tree, which can be used as habitat for all sorts of terrestrial and aquatic animals, including many birds ... State Recreation Area in ...