Lee County Conservation naturalist and environmental educator Clay Steele told OWLS (Older, Wiser, Livelier Seniors) attendees recently the prairie is one of the most endangered habitats in the world.

My history instructor at College of DuPage had previously taught in California, but moved back to Illinois. As a 19-year-old ...

Glacial Ridge would become another example of the human capacity to transform landscapes, only this time it would be from ...

A study of the genetic basis of plague immunity in prairie dogs has broad implications for conservation. From white-nose ...

The Comanche National Grassland rewards visitors with the chance to follow dinosaur tracks and feel the spine-tingling thrill ...

Career accomplishments and highlights were considered, as well as the professionals' beneficial impacts on their ...

American bison, commonly known as buffalo, once thundered across the prairies of North America — until 1889, when they were ...

In the case of Bobby Jenks, a classroom washout who became a World Series hero, larger than life doesn’t quite cover it.

“Sea of Grass,” written by Hage and former Star Tribune environmental reporter Josephine Marcotty, hit bookstores just before ...

Portage la Prairie has earned a spot among the top eight communities in North America for best-tasting water, following a ...

Learn what the best heat- and drought-tolerant perennials are to plant in and July for late season garden color.

The Nachusa Grasslands, a 4,000-acre plot in Franklin Grove, Illinois, is home to a herd of 100 wild American Bison, which ...