The northern cardinal seems an obvious choice for Indiana’s state animal. Its vivid red feathers stand out against winter ...

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 ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — As bird flu has swept across poultry farms in northeast Indiana in the past few months, other parts of the Hoosier State may be seeing cases in other types of animals as well ...

An American woodcock found in Rachael Ackley's woods in Shelby County. It's a migratory shorebird whose numbers have been declining for decades, likely because of habitat loss due to development.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — In just 22 days, a new avian influenza outbreak has hit 18 farms in Indiana, leading to tens of thousands of chickens and ducks being killed. The Indiana Board of Animal Health ...

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 ...

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

HUNTINGBURG, Ind. -- Birds from nine more commercial turkey farms in Indiana have tested positive for bird flu, and officials were trying Saturday to determine the strain of the highly contagious ...

Indiana’s skies are for the birds (literally). Each spring, Indiana becomes a highway in the sky. From late April through May, millions of birds fly over the state at night. They are heading north to ...

INDIANA, USA — Indiana has had more reported bird flu cases in commercial and backyard flocks than any other state in the last 30 days. Out of 81 total confirmed flocks that tested positive for having ...

Indiana-based Rose Acre Farms, the second largest egg producer in the U.S., has confirmed fowl deaths from bird flu at its Indiana facility. Rose Acre Farms, which has locations in seven states, ...