Sifting through the archival record on the Field Museum’s history, exhibition developer Tori Lee was startled by an image of an African American man in the 1950s. On the edge of a marsh diorama, the...

Peregrine falcons will be banded and named next month at Evanston Public Library, according to a library news release. For the last 16 years, a pair of peregrines have nested at EPL. This year, four...

Aviary admirers flocked to the third floor of Evanston Public Library on Tuesday morning to see the naming and banding of the offspring of local peregrine falcons. After an unsuccessful nesting season...

The peregrine falcon — a species that once was endangered — is now thriving across the Midwest in urban landscapes like Evanston’s 1st Ward. Since 2004, the falcons have taken to building their nests...

CHICAGO — Thousands of students, educators and scientists gathered in downtown Chicago on Saturday to participate in the March for Science, one of hundreds of such marches held worldwide on Earth Day. The...