Two hundred years ago, nearly two-thirds of Illinois was covered in prairie. Today, less than 0.01% of that prairie land remains. The rest has been lost to agricultural development, urbanization and the...

Using a rope and pulley system, workers of the Forest Preserves of Cook County hoisted 7-year-old Elliana Rosen to the top of a tree as a crowd of families watched.  One of over 200 attendees at Sunday's...

Northwestern’s rabbits are everywhere. Lounging in grassy spaces, munching on carefully planted tulips and crocuses, chasing each other around the sorority quad, hopping across sidewalks and, in the...