DuPage County forest preserve officials have adopted a $151 million budget that calls for new or continuing habitat restoration projects, improvements to one of the district’s historic properties and ...

Kane County has a created a home for a herd of bison to roam in a unique free-range area of the Burlington Prairie Forest Preserve in rural Sycamore. The animals are there through a partnership ...

When I became serious about birding in the 1990s, I wasn’t thinking about milestone birds. Then they started creeping up. The first biggie was No. 500, a Varied Thrush in Evanston. And before that, my ...

The James Irvine Trail is a well maintained route through Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. The hike offers peaceful forest views and a gradual journey toward the coast.

The Kane County Forest Preserve District is continuing to move forward with its plans to create a nature center focused on educational programming at Arlene Shoemaker Forest Preserve in Aurora. In ...

Lisa Sprinkle talks to ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander upcoming events at Champaign County Forest Preserves. Discover ...

A historic reintroduction of American bison is taking place in a Kane County, Illinois, prairie after an absence of more than 200 years, as the Daily Herald reported. The legendary bison, often ...

From their cozy homes in suburban Burlington, children curiously watch their new neighbors through windows and brainstorm nicknames. Earlier this month, with their distinctive brown fur, big heads, ...

Before Illinois became a state anchored by a sprawling metropolis, it was a humble prairie. Flat, yes, but that open horizon offered the perfect home for creatures big and small to graze and lope.