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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 mild winter with low or no snow to cover fields allows birds such as sandhill cranes and Canada geese to stay in Wisconsin.

The Attorney General's office regularly sends out press releases when Nebraska joins in filings like this one but had made no ...

Power move: Republicans have little weight in Springfield, but their walkout grated on Democrats who accused them of shirking their jobs to represent constituents.

All of the best indoor and outdoor summer camps for kids with images, contact information, and descriptions. Time to plan ...

A federal scientific publication on Thursday returned from a forced two-week hiatus with two papers examining the health effects of wildfires ...

Illinois is seeing a “notable increase” in hospital admissions for flu cases, according to state health officials, as levels ...

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

Ross's gull — a bird of a rare species generally found only in Siberia, Greenland, Canada and northern Alaska — has died in ...

For the fourth year in a row, the state of Illinois has seen record-breaking cannabis sales across the state. According to the Illinois Department of Financial and ...

Rep. Victoria Garcia Wilburn wrote a bill inspired by a fifth grade class that would designate Indiana's official state ...