Beatriz Swanson can remember the first time she saw the blinking glow. She was 10 years old, growing up in Mexico, when two fireflies appeared in front of her, floating away before she could carefully ...

It looks like the Natural Land Institute’s Legacy Tree Program has found yet another Illinois state champion tree: a rare ...

The Illinois Department of Transportation announces Illinois Route 72 will be closed at the Illinois Railway crossing in ...

Stateliners prepare to spend a day in the 1800’s, celebrating local history with the birthday of a DeKalb County pioneer.

Meet UI Professor Nicole Riemer, holder of two meteorology degrees from the University of Karlsruhe, in the German city of ...

Native landscaping requires minimal maintenance, benefits the environment and, with a bit of acceptance, can be a thing of ...

After struggling over the last few years, the Chicago area's firefly population seems to be enjoying a "pretty good year," ...

Whether you call it St. Louis, the Gateway to the West, the 314 or simply “The Lou,” St. Louis has a way of offering ...

Do you think you could tell the difference between a native species and a nonnative or invasive species? One plant you might ...

Nationally, Q2 deal count remains roughly flat and deal value dropped by 25% from Q1, though Southeast Michigan remains an ...

UFO sightings in 1966 in Michigan led to the "swamp gas" explanation. People continue to report unidentified aerial phenomena ...