The nutria, which has been spotted in the southern tip of the state, is a semi-aquatic rodent that's larger than a muskrat ...

Scientists from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign tested nine species of fish from 15 different sites in four ...

In what she calls a “good news” plan, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has unveiled her proposed 2025 budget. The ...

By JOSHUA D. HOLBROOK Clemson University You walk through the woods, seeing a distinctive clearing up ahead, only to find ...

Numerous Illinois state parks, state fish and wildlife areas, state conservation areas, and state recreation areas will be ...

The Emiquon Nature Preserve in Fulton County is a carefully managed haven for many rare, native wetland species in the ...

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has announced multiple sites to be open for this year’s youth waterfowl hunting ...

Midwest states are spending millions to manage invasive carp in rivers and lakes. If left unchecked, conservation experts say ...

While there’s no evidence that migrants in Ohio are eating domesticated cats and dogs, Trump Tower may have been illegally killing fish in the ... aquatic life, the Illinois Attorney General ...

The Chicago River’s hardened shorelines, stormwater pollution events and limited habitat in the downtown core would seem ...

After several years of litigation, a Cook County judge has found operations at Trump Tower violated state and federal environmental laws that protect the fish in the Chicago River, the Illinois ...

This April 18, 2019, photo provided by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife ... Southern Illinois has seen a couple of verified reports of an invasive species native to South America ...