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

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

Medical experts here in Illinois sat down with the I-Team to explain what they're doing to keep bird flu from becoming the next human pandemic.

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

Hundreds of dead or sick red-breasted mergansers have been found along Lake Michigan, sparking bird flu concerns.

Hundreds of red-breasted mergansers have been affected by a bird flu outbreak on Chicago's Lake Michigan shoreline, raising ...

Monitors with an area bird tracking organization say that they've determined that a number of ducks have succumbed to bird flu​ along Lake Michigan.