Rockford is home to a lot of public art installations. This summer, a group of students is adding even more through the ...

“It changed all of our lives. I mean, none of us swim the same,” joked veteran actor Jeffrey Kramer in a local newspaper story.

While challenges lie ahead for three piping plover chicks hatched last week along Lake Michigan in Waukegan, the kids are ...

The U.S. is up to 1,214 confirmed measles cases this year. Iowa has its first outbreak. Other states with active outbreaks include Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Georgia, Kansas, Montana, New Mexico, ...

Summer 2022 A poster of Great Lakes piping plovers Monty and Rose is posted on the fence protecting a bird habitat at Chicago's Montrose Beach on May 25, 2022.

Birds, most of which died after striking McCormick Place, in a Field Museum freezer. A gray catbird that was killed when it flew into the building.

According to Birdcast, more than 22 million birds crossed over the state of Illinois Sunday night and into Monday morning, with up to 35.5 million birds in flight just after 1 a.m. Monday.

The nation’s grassland birds, spread across 320 million acres in 14 states, have declined 43% since 1970, more than any other category, and are “in crisis,” according to a report.

The bird in the very front of the V pays a cost.” University of Illinois bird expert Michael P. Ward was recently in Oaxaca, Mexico, studying wood thrushes. “Tracking migration,” he said.

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — A new tower financed by the Decatur Audobon Society will help researchers track the movements of birds, bats, and even insects. The Illinois Raptor Center announced the ...

Bird flu is increasingly sparking concern across the country and in Illinois, following news this week of the first human death from the virus in the U.S., and of birds found throughout Illinois ...

Dozens of Illinois birds have been killed by the highly pathogenic avian flu. Dozens of Illinois birds have been killed by the highly pathogenic avian flu, which has also infected some cattle and ...