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

There are three main types of ducks: dabbling, diving and perching, each classified by their habitat and behavior. Dabbling ducks feed on the water's surface, diving ducks plunge below the surface ...

Hundreds of red-breasted mergansers have been found either dead or sick over the past few days along Lake Michigan in Chicago ...

I thought it might have been a female Ring-necked Duck, but a view through my spotting scope showed the characteristic ...

Challenging on the wing, widely distributed, and excellent on the table, the canvasback is the paragon of diving ducks, just as the mallard symbolizes the dabblers. Today, the canvasback is ...

If you’re wondering if green peas are okay, the answer is yes. Those and other veggies like broccoli and corn, along with ...

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

The birds, typically Red-breasted and Common Mergansers, are native diving ducks often found on lakes. Video from Chicago beaches over the weekend shows dozens of dead mergansers washed ashore ...