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

Officials suspect that highly contagious bird flu is the cause of the illnesses found in the mergansers, a species of diving duck that winters ... been reported — a Louisiana man with underlying ...

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

A group of four tactically-trained band dads jumped into action Saturday and apprehended an active shooter at a band ...

The majority of waterfowl were red-breasted mergansers, a diving duck also known as the sawbill. Other duck species and Canada geese also were among the victims. Chicago Bird Collision Monitors ...

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

With National Signing Day complete, the Oregon Ducks and coach Dan Lanning have officially secured one of the best classes in Oregon history, and according to Rivals.com, Lanning and the Ducks ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Two DeQuincy men have been accused of duck hunting violations in Calcasieu parish, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

The birds, typically Red-breasted and Common Mergansers, are native diving ducks often found on lakes. Video from Chicago beaches over the weekend shows dozens of dead mergansers washed ashore ...