Bird flu has decimated poultry flocks and infected cattle herds. The risk to humans is currently low, but that could easily change as influenza can rapidly change.

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

Dozens of dead and sick birds are washing ashore on Lake Michigan beaches in Illinois and Wisconsin, suspected of having the bird flu, according to state officials.

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

The outbreak started in December and has now spread from a few reports in the suburbs to hundreds in the city, along Lake ...

With the H5N1 avian influenza virus continuing to spread among poultry and dairy cattle, health officials are monitoring the ...

Nearly extinct in the mid-20th century due to over-hunting, a whopping 280,000 Canada geese now live in Michigan.

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

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

Reports of dead birds washing up on beaches along Lake Michigan are sparking new fears over bird flu. Over the weekend, ...

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