Staff at the Evanston Ecology Center are abuzz with excitement as they plan to welcome 40,000 honeybees to Eggleston Orchard in northwest Evanston next month. The center will set up four new beehives,...

The Northwestern University Responsible Endowment Coalition sponsored a panel Thursday on whether universities have an obligation to divest from fossil fuels. About 50 students attended the event in...

Featuring prolonged droughts impacting farmers in the Midwest, summer temperatures reaching more than 100 degrees nationwide, and an unusually warm fall, 2012 was the hottest year on record. Hurricane...