Nature news
By tapping holes in trees in springtime, when the sap is rising, these birds help ensure that many other creatures also gain access to the sweet elixir.
A better understanding of life’s complexities actually is made possible by fish alarm chemicals.
The Nature Foundation of Will County’s annual online native plant sale begins at 9 a.m. Saturday and runs through 4 p.m. April 27.
Trillions of evolution’s bizarro wonders, red-eyed periodical cicadas that have pumps in their heads and jet-like muscles in their rears, are about to emerge in numbers not seen in decades and possibly centuries.
Pet rabbits make lousy Easter gifts, and don’t belong in the wild.
Led by environmental experts, this University of Illinois Extension program explores a new natural resource topic each month and provides small and meaningful ways to connect with nature.
For a few weeks in late winter and early spring, the usually underground tiger salamanders come to the surface and hit the trail.
Here are ways to control odorous house ants without using harsh chemicals or hiring an exterminator.
Learn about the history of bobcats in our state, recent bobcat recolonization of northern Illinois, and bobcat ecology during a Thursday, April 11 from 7-8:30 p.m.
Petite, resilient and stinky are only a small sampling of the odorous house ant’s many fascinating traits.
A gaggle of birders, scanning the Canada geese in and around a man-made pond, noted that one of the birds was not like the others.
Here are five fun things to do in Kane County this weekend.
Timo Wayman, an entomology graduate student at University of Illinois, is interested in native bee conservation and bee parasites and is conducting a research project on bee hotels in Illinois.
I was just about to throw in the towel, when I found out I’m not alone in this sea of color confusion.
The warmer weather we’ve experienced recently has caused some arthropods, aka woodpecker food, to start moving around.