After two animals died of bird flu in Chicago, the Lincoln Park Zoo’s bird house will be closed for the near future.

(Photos courtesy Lincoln Park Zoo) The flamingo, named Teal, hatched in the fall and was just getting acquainted with her ...

The sources of exposure are unclear, but officials said it was almost certainly from contact with an infected waterfowl.

The Chilean flamingo, named Teal, hatched last fall and died Jan. 8. The 7-year-old harbor seal, named Slater, died the next ...

Teal the Chilean flamingo had just been born last fall and Slater the harbor seal was often seen training with keepers ...

A harbor seal and a Chilean flamingo died from the bird flu this month at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, officials said.

Lincoln Park Zoo said the specific source of the exposure of the animals to bird flu, or H5N1 virus, is not known.