‘Like a horror show’: Dead birds at Oak Street Beach spark avian flu concerns
Since Friday, reports have come in of over 100 dead birds along the lakefront and scattered as far inland as a mall in Skokie ...
Several hundred ducks found dead from suspected bird flu along Lake Michigan
The largest concentrations of sick mergansers were found Saturday at North Avenue Beach and Oak Street Beach. Other birds ...
Photos: Chicago Polar Bear Club’s annual Polar Plunge
People plunge into freezing Lake Michigan during Chicago Polar Bear Club 24th annual Polar Plunge event at Oak Street Beach on Jan. 25, 2025.
Bitter cold spreads across much of the US as Texas and the South brace for rare winter storm
A person stands on ice at Oak Street Beach along the shore of Lake Michigan to take pictures before the sunrise Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Chicago, as the weather service issued cold weather advisories ...