The warmer weather and melting ice along Lake Michigan, which has opened up new areas of water, likely contributed to the large number washing up on shore, the state agency said. The majority of ...

An artistic depiction of the Late Cretaceous modern (crown) bird, Vegavis iaai, pursuit diving for fish in the shallow ocean ...

Other duck species and Canada geese also were among the victims. Chicago Bird Collision Monitors, a volunteer conservation group, began receiving reports Jan. 31 of large numbers of mergansers ...