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

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

Roughly 200-300 ducks have been found dead in Chicago and the northern suburbs around Lake Michigan in recent days, according ...

When she took her dog out to Oak Street Beach on their morning walk Sunday, Portia Belloc Lowndes came across a scene that ...

Chicago Bird Collision Monitors advised residents who happen upon them to avoid handling birds with avian influenza symptoms ...

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

CHICAGO - The avian flu outbreak that has killed millions of chickens nationwide, driving up the price of eggs, is now ...

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

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.

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