PORTER — A telltale sign of spring is bird song at daybreak. Nearly 50 people gathered Saturday afternoon at the Nature Center at the Indiana Dunes State Park to learn how to identify the birds who ...

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 ...

LAPORTE COUNTY, Ind. (WSBT) — Bird flu has struck Fish Lake, as hundreds of birds, including a significant number of sandhill cranes, have dropped dead. Now the community is working to dispose of the ...

The April 2024 total solar eclipse caused some birds to believe that a new day had arrived, prompting them to burst into song, a new study found.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The state of Indiana is calling this season’s bird flu outbreak the biggest animal health emergency in its history. The virus, primarily spread by migratory birds, is making ...

Lina Rifai spent the last two summers driving central Indiana’s dark highways in the early hours before dawn. She pulled into forests and Fish & Wildlife areas, unpacked her field supplies, and set ...