You can define Earth in many ways, but above all else it is home. Here is your chance to learn all about our home planet.
Gardening with your kids can be a great way to make them good stewards of the environment.
An adaptive all-terrain wheelchair is now available for public use at Four Rivers Environmental Education Center in Channahon.
Are the birds waking you up before dawn? There's a good reason for their morning concert.
Meet Michelle Cipiti, an interpretive naturalist at Hidden Oaks Nature Center.
Northern flickers look a little different than most of our local woodpecker species, and we see them on the ground much more than you might expect for a woodpecker.
Off-leash dogs are not allowed in the forest preserves other than inside the dog parks. If your dog is loose, you could be ticketed.
Several birds are known for their aggressive behavior, but perhaps none as much as the red-winged blackbird, a bird that isn't afraid to pick on creatures much larger than itself.
Meet Jess McQuown, a program coordinator at Four Rivers Environmental Education Center.
Among rodents, mice, rats, squirrels and chipmunks are all well known. Voles, however, often fly under the radar, either because they aren't known or because they are confused with another species.
Those long, thin clouds trailing behind airplanes are called contrails, and here's a look at the science behind them.
Common goldeneyes arrive in northern Illinois each winter. Look for them strutting their stuff on our local lakes.
Forest Preserve staff who regularly have to battle the elements offer their recommendations for staying warm from head to toe.
A recent visit by a group from Little Friends in Warrenville highlighted just how welcoming Four Rivers Environmental Education Center is to all people.
Meet Amy McNeil, a program coordinator at Isle a la Cache Museum.
Extensive, multiyear restoration efforts at Sand Ridge Savanna Nature Preserve have earned an "Excellence in Ecological Restoration" award from Chicago Wilderness.
You can define Earth in many ways, but above all else it is home. Here is your chance to learn all about our home planet.
Gardening with your kids can be a great way to make them good stewards of the environment.
An adaptive all-terrain wheelchair is now available for public use at Four Rivers Environmental Education Center in Channahon.
Are the birds waking you up before dawn? There's a good reason for their morning concert.
Meet Michelle Cipiti, an interpretive naturalist at Hidden Oaks Nature Center.
Northern flickers look a little different than most of our local woodpecker species, and we see them on the ground much more than you might expect for a woodpecker.
Off-leash dogs are not allowed in the forest preserves other than inside the dog parks. If your dog is loose, you could be ticketed.
Several birds are known for their aggressive behavior, but perhaps none as much as the red-winged blackbird, a bird that isn't afraid to pick on creatures much larger than itself.
Meet Jess McQuown, a program coordinator at Four Rivers Environmental Education Center.
Among rodents, mice, rats, squirrels and chipmunks are all well known. Voles, however, often fly under the radar, either because they aren't known or because they are confused with another species.
Those long, thin clouds trailing behind airplanes are called contrails, and here's a look at the science behind them.
Common goldeneyes arrive in northern Illinois each winter. Look for them strutting their stuff on our local lakes.
Forest Preserve staff who regularly have to battle the elements offer their recommendations for staying warm from head to toe.
A recent visit by a group from Little Friends in Warrenville highlighted just how welcoming Four Rivers Environmental Education Center is to all people.
Meet Amy McNeil, a program coordinator at Isle a la Cache Museum.
Extensive, multiyear restoration efforts at Sand Ridge Savanna Nature Preserve have earned an "Excellence in Ecological Restoration" award from Chicago Wilderness.
See the dazzling spectacle of nesting herons, egrets and cormorants at our weekly bird viewings at Lake Renwick Heron Rookery Nature Preserve.
Turn this summer into a summer of adventure with weekly explorations at Monee Reservoir and Plum Creek Nature Center.
Catching lightning bugs is a summer rite of passage, but do you know how these bugs light up? Or why?
Participating in No Mow May isn't just a way to cut down on your yardwork for a month. You'll be helping bees and other essential insects too.
Forget "Snakes on a Plane." There are snakes in Asia that can fly without any help from an aircraft.