1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (713+ words) Content oversight provided by Studio 1847 For the past 16 years, Dr. Jeremie Fant, director of conservation science at the Negaunee Institute, has been growing native plants on his small Chicago balcony. While a single apartment balcony or suburban backyard might seem…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1075+ words) Illinois’ tick season may be starting earlier, lasting longer and creeping into new corners of the state, scientists and researchers say. Milder winters and earlier springs are helping ticks survive in greater numbers, while doctors report earlier cases of tick-borne…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1398+ words) When David Bippes recently brought his parents to see a small plot of land tucked between a raised railway track and a row of homes in Englewood, he was hoping to show them his latest community project. Bippes, an Eagle…...

10+ mon, 4+ hour ago   (452+ words) A group of people was briefly joined by an adult bald eagle during a community planting event last week. For a while, the bird circled the sky above Long Lake Park in Round Lake Beach as the delighted volunteers and…...

9+ mon, 3+ day ago   (843+ words) Every five years, a small group of biologists and environmentalists assemble in a large corner office in Springfield with long glass windows. Inside that room, they weigh in on the fate of every animal and plant that exists in Illinois....

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1729+ words) As dawn broke over the Loop, Annette Prince patrolled the streets armed with a lime green net, racing to collect four colorful birds lying dead under glass skyscrapers before seagulls could snatch them up. It’s like an Easter egg hunt,…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (531+ words) The city of Aurora is working toward adopting stricter energy codes for all buildings within city limits, which officials say could help lower energy costs for residents and meet previously-established sustainability goals. Any code changes eventually proposed by city staff…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (867+ words) Por ANTON L. DELGADO Sin embargo, los grupos climáticos están dando la voz de alarma sobre el creciente impacto ambiental de la IA, con sus crecientes necesidades de electricidad y agua para alimentar búsquedas y centros de datos. Dicen que un…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (825+ words) Por SETH BORENSTEIN, ANTON L. DELGADO y MELINA WALLING No ha sido así. “Creo que las cosas han cambiado, lo cual es algo muy bueno”, dijo el veterano observador Jean Su del Centro para la Diversidad Biológica. “Entonces, creo que hay…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago   (487+ words) Por SETH BORENSTEIN y MELINA WALLING Todas las naciones del mundo tuvieron tarea este año: presentar planes nuevos y mejorados para combatir el cambio climático. Pero los que entregaron “apenas han movido la aguja” en la reducción del futuro calentamiento…...