Indiana’s skies are a nighttime highway in the early weeks of May as millions of birds make the migratory passage north for their summer homes. Herons, sparrows and buntings of all varieties fly in ...

Indiana has a rich biodiversity with thousands of species in unique habitats, but growth and development have changed some of those fragile ecosystems and threaten the wildlife they support. IndyStar ...

Northeast Indiana lost more than 1 million chickens, ducks and turkeys to bird flu in 2025, according to state data.

Indiana DNR officials continue to find HPAI in wild birds across the state. The public health risk from HPAI is low, but humans can contract it through close contact with infected birds. People should ...

Avian influenza, also known as bird flu, has been detected in another flock in Indiana.According to the Indiana State Board of Animal Health, the virus was detected Sunday evening after daily testing ...

Wood thrush are notorious songsters, with a melodious, flutelike call that is characteristic of eastern hardwood forests. But like many birds, their populations are in decline. Almost 3 billion birds ...

Spring bird migration is visible on weather radar, with potentially hundreds of thousands of birds passing overhead at night. The Indiana Dunes Birding Festival, held May 15-18, offers opportunities ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Two more duck operations in northern Indiana and a hobby flock of mixed species in the Indianapolis metropolitan area are the latest to be quarantined with bird flu, the state’s ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indiana on Monday night announced it’s added an eighth farm to its bird flu quarantines on Monday night, and it’s the largest flock subject to the disease since March, according ...