A dozen presidents of colleges and universities in Illinois signed a letter calling out "unprecedented government overreach ...

Does avian influenza affect wild birds? Find out if you need to take down bird feeders. Plus learn the risk to backyard ...

With bird flu cases rising in the United States, the Illinois Department of Public Health is taking steps that will impact ...

So, to reduce the risk to your pet, keep them away from wild animals and birds, do not feed then raw meat or raw milk, and wash your hands and change your clothes after interacting with other animals.

The birds were eliminated when the invasive brown treesnake was accidentally introduced to the island of Guam in the ’40s.

Although the industry has self-imposed guidelines farmers adhere to in order to sell their pelts legally, mink farming is not ...

Looking at how many I’ve seen in Illinois, how many in Cook County. I report it on ebird.org.” Ebird.org is an engaging, well-crafted website. There Dolgan listed the 22 birds we saw over the ...

Joy O’Keefe, an associate professor and wildlife extension specialist at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ... between chickens and wild birds. Wild birds are the primary spreader ...

TOTW, the celebration of hunting wild turkeys in Illinois and their stories (the stories matter, as this one shows), runs Wednesdays in the paper Sun-Times as warranted.