One activity I enjoy while standing next to a conifer is to rub my fingers across the needles, inhale the fragrance, and ...

Six bison released onto prairie in Kane County carry the weight of interwoven hopes: that they can heal both the land and the ...

Ethiopia’s rarest wolf snacks on flower nectar, setting it apart from other wolves and revealing an unexpected ecological ...

A mix of outdoors stories from Illinois, including information on the opportunity to experience eagle-watching events across ...

The osprey population in Illinois has grown significantly over the past decade, thanks in part to efforts led by University ...

"Maybe they are explorers." Researchers issue warning after finding lost creature far from its usual home: 'We knew it didn't ...

"She spun around, her head bumping my nose, laughed and said “Oh, hi Mike.” I immediately, and inexplicably, blurted out, ...

A paper published last year in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface described a feather as a masterpiece of engineering ...

Pere Marquette State Park, just a few miles from downtown Grafton, is the crown jewel of the area’s natural attractions and ...

In the southernmost reaches of Illinois, where the landscape suddenly decides flat is boring and opts for dramatic instead, ...

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is playing host this winter to a series of eagle-watching events ahead of the ...

Tarik Shahzad, birding hobbyist, joins Jon Hansen, filling in for Lisa Dent, to share his record-breaking 2025. Shahzad ...