The five newest National Recreation Trails in six states add nearly 400 miles to the network of more than 1,300 trails.

Let’s talk about mosquitoes. Not the gentle, Disney-style ones with big eyes and a cartoon voice. I mean the real deal — those tiny vampires who think your backyard is ...

A teenage boy accused of killing a family’s pet chicken and duck in Portage Park has been charged with animal cruelty.

It’s been a long time coming, but the day is finally here. The University of Southern Indiana is now a fully fledged Division I program, and it only took 3 ...

The periodic cooing of a dove hangs in the soft air of this midsummer morning. It’s still early and the relentless heat has ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Strong to severe thunderstorms moved through northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio on Wednesday. They brought high winds, hail, and localized flooding, leaving behind damage ...

If you’d like to attract wild birds to your yard, putting out a bird feeder is a great start. But to successfully draw in a variety of birds, you’ll need to do more than throw ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH)– Bird feeding is a simple and rewarding hobby that can attract a variety of bird species to your backyard, according to experts from Wild Birds Unlimited in Bloomington, Indiana.

The State Board of Animal Health announced Wednesday it has quarantined a Porter County backyard/hobby flock of 360 chickens due to suspected HPAI — the first new Indiana bird flu quarantine in ...

Those funds can help with the cost of lost birds, clean up, disposal, and disinfecting the property. More information on the bird flu in Indiana can be found from our station affiliate at WPTA.

In advice on its website, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says removing backyard bird feeders is not something the agency specifically recommends to prevent the spread of avian influenza.

But millions of commercially grown ducks and gamebirds, as well as backyard poultry, also have died or been put to death, affecting more than 166.1 million domestic birds total.