BELLEVILLE Friday night was a Southwestern Conference showdown that’s about as big as it gets in the early portion of the ...

Ginger Creek in Oakbrook is connected to other bodies of water so there’s a high chance that hydrilla has spread.

Here in Texas, we have four different species of quail: the Montezuma Quail, Northern Bobwhite, Scaled Quail, and Gambel’s ...

CHICAGO — Illinois gained nearly 68,000 people from 2023 to 2024, reversing a recent trend of population losses, the U.S.

The sprawling Chicago suburbs support growing numbers of resident geese, and as fall progresses, migratory geese from the north bolster local flocks.

During a meeting this month, IFB delegates recently approved changes to wildlife policies that “concentrate on managing ...

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) is monitoring a large event of waterfowl mortality at numerous locations throughout Illinois. Test results received so far indicate highly pathogeni ...

Lingering sandhill cranes in Holiday Hills and an astonishing note about hunting, meat-eating ground squireels in California are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

In the near future, Illinois farms could be producing jet fuel — or at least crops that can be used as the basis for jet fuel.

A chilly Chicago winter doesn’t necessarily mean the African lions at the Lincoln Park Zoo have to go inside. In fact, as ...

A Le Roy farmer is one of four members of the Illinois Stewardship Alliance being recognized for their community involvement.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing federal protections for the monarch butterfly. The service proposes to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species and designate critical habitat ...