Long Island’s last commercial duck farm is rebuilding after a bird flu outbreak forced the destruction of its entire 100,000-bird flock in January.

Readers share photos of gray bird species that live across America. Learn about the variety of gray colored birds you should ...

At the same time a new COVID variant has been reported in the U.S., residents of Illinois and across the nation will likely ...

With dedication and ingenuity, a recovery team has been helping the endangered shorebirds overcome old and emerging threats ...

Illinois has plenty of natural wonders, but there’s one that stands head and shoulders above the rest like a towering white pine – aptly named White Pines Forest State Park in Mount Morris.

Father's Day took on extra meaning this year for Lake County's piping plover papa Pepper — he's a dad again, at least three ...

New research suggests long-billed curlews keep an ear out for warnings from prairie dogs in order to hide from predators and protect their nests ...

Prairie dogs are the Paul Reveres of the Great Plains: They bark to alert neighbors to the presence of predators, with ...

The kakapo is a flightless parrot found only in New Zealand. Discover why this rare bird walks, climbs, and waddles instead ...

Small and stocky birds perch, hunched over, on the treetops and branches of Lake Okeechobee on the edge of Florida's swampy Everglades for the better part of winter. The alligators swarming the murky ...

Between 10 p.m. Sunday and 6 a.m. Monday alone, more than 22.8 million birds crossed over Illinois state lines, with 2.6 million of those birds crossing over Cook County.