The Department of Natural Resources confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, was found in a merganser ...

The frozen St Joseph North Pier Inner Lighthouse on Lake Michigan was battered by waves on Thursday, February 13, in the wake ...

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

The small plastic particles are "ubiquitous" in Great Lakes water, sediment, plants, fish and beaches, an international panel ...

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.

Pritzker appears to be taking a jab at President Trump who signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is renaming Lake Michigan to “Lake Illinois," poking fun at President Donald Trump’s recent executive order where he changed the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America.

Tongue firmly in cheek, the governor said his proclamation has been sent to Google "so the world's maps reflect this ...

The DNR says the bird had the H5 avian influenza virus. Officials have also received other reports of dead birds, mostly mergansers, along the shoreline in Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha counties. They ...