Photographers have until Sept. 1 to submit their best photographs taken in the DuPage County forest preserves for a chance to ...

A Smithsonian-led team of researchers have discovered North America's oldest known pterosaur, the winged reptiles that lived ...

Ready to get lost in nature? It's practically guaranteed that you'll see at least one deer at Fullersburg Woods Forest ...

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources Urban and Community Fishing Program will stage fishing clinics at Lake Patterson ...

I headed up to Garland to see for myself what had happened to the 200-acre Spring Creek Forest Preserve. Some fellow volunteers were there, as were representatives from Dallas County. The city of ...

The event at Monee Reservoir invites visitors to enjoy a concert from the lawn or water. Food trucks, drinks available.

Fossils of the pterosaur were discovered in Petrified Forest National Park. The fossils date back 209 million years.

In addition to the stand of longleaf pine forest in the uplands of Peachtree Rock Heritage Preserve, a colony of RCWs have been located in the wooded areas of Fort Jackson.

Scott Brook Preserve has adapted trails to navigate around four dams built by these natural engineers. It's also a great spot ...