A new state law aims to help developers fill environmental requirements faster, something critics say could throw the ...

Sometimes, cormorants and even a single muskrat come to feed on carp at Fife Wetland Preserve on the west bank of the Jordan ...

City planners could vote when they next meet in five weeks on a 63-home affordable housing development that a local nonprofit developer is proposing to build on the city line with Prospect after a ...

Once Chicago’s iconic lakefront airport, Meigs Field is now a thriving park blending nature, history, and bold urban transformation.

The extension is phase three of four in developing the park, near the intersection of 29th Street and Maize Road.

The City of Wichita held a ribbon cutting Friday morning to celebrate the latest upgrades at Pracht Wetlands Park, one of the last remaining urban wetlands in the Midwest.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is keeping the designation, citing nutrient pollution, ...

Oaks Amusement Park is located on the banks of the Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge, a 160-acre urban wetland in Sellwood.

Long layover? Flight delay? These nine urban hiking trails—from a bamboo forest to a wildlife refuge—are all within 15 miles ...

From antiquity to modern times, the city has been rife with creatures that creep, slither, scurry and nest among its pillars ...

Thousands of birds flying south for the winter stop off in Nigeria’s Hadejia Wetlands National Park. Researchers mapped the park, uncovering hundreds of species.

Local departments are monitoring fire conditions to protect nearby structures, and state and federal agencies are focusing on the brush fire.