Millions of birds crossed over Illinois overnight in their spring migration, and “Migration Alerts” are active as those flights will continue. According to Birdcast, more than 22 million birds crossed ...

(NBC Chicago) — More than four million birds crossed Illinois Saturday night into Sunday morning and more are expected in the coming days as an annual spring migration of birds over the United States ...

Millions of birds are currently flying through the Great Plains and the Midwest as they make their way toward their spring breeding sites, and many of those birds are flying through Illinois this week ...

BREESE, Ill. -- It looked like something out of an Alfred Hitchcock movie: hundreds of dead birds covering JoAnn Thole's lawn in this southwestern Illinois town. "I've got 117 pounds of dead birds -- ...

Birds that call Illinois grasslands and wetlands home are in serious decline, according to a new conservation report. Why it matters: Birds are indicators of the overall health of their habitats and ...

Several dozen waterbirds, primarily snow geese, died earlier in December at Baldwin Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area in southern Illinois, and dead waterfowl have been found more recently in northern ...

Dozens of Illinois birds have been killed by the highly pathogenic avian flu. Dozens of Illinois birds have been killed by the highly pathogenic avian flu, which has also infected some cattle and ...

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is celebrating 100 years of conservation and service to the people of Illinois throughout 2025. The department was established July 1, 1925, as the ...

Bird flu — also known as avian influenza or H5N1 — has been spreading among animals in Illinois. This week, hundreds of ducks were found dead along Lake Michigan. So far, there have been no reported ...