President-elect Donald Trump promised repeatedly during his campaign to expand oil drilling in the U.S., which is good news for political leaders in Alaska, where oil is the ...

When I asked the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation about Sperling’s activities, a spokesperson told me ...

Nature fans are seeing an increase in waterfowl and native plants at Powderhorn Prairie and Marsh a year after restoration ...

Winter is upon us in Illinois, and with it comes a cold reality for stray cats—finding warmth in places you might not expect.

SIU’s Touch of Nature removing invasive plants, restoring native flora and fauna by Christi Mathis The sweet-smelling flowers ...

Wetlands managers have spent years using fire and chemicals to fight phragmites, an invasive reed that chokes everything else out. But coaxing native plants to move back in is difficult.

Boatzon looked at the economic and environmental importance of the 10 largest lakes in the U.S. Lake sizes and locations are ...

While Illinois might be known as the Prairie State, wetlands can be found from border to border. These important ecosystems are now under threat due to a 2023 Supreme Court ruling. Jess Savage reports ...

Environmental historian Robert Morrissey writes in “People of the Ecotone” that Indigenous peoples in what is now Illinois ... wildlife biologist working at the tribe’s bison range. “We are all ...

Texans—especially urban Texans—are intimately familiar with grackles. The chattering, swaggering great-tailed grackle is a ...

Snake lungworm disease, which infects at least 19 snake species, is poised to spread throughout the southeastern U.S.

The retrieval process wasn’t easy, NBC 5 Chicago reported. Lundsteen pulled slowly, working for about 30 minutes to extract ...