University of Illinois Extension and Purdue University Extension announced its inaugural Bi-State Homesteading Conference beginning at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 18 at the Beef House.

This week, explore decoded words from charred ancient scrolls, meet heroic frog daddies, see Grand Canyon-size lunar features ...

Experienced birders said they’ve learned how to look at a sea of black, when birds such as starlings, red-winged blackbirds, ...

An armadillo in southern Illinois and the quickest sturgeon season on Black Lake in northern Michigan are among the notes ...

The Great Backyard Bird Count of 2025 is one of the largest citizen science projects in the world every year. Flathead Lake ...

Adaptable, colorful, and cheery-voiced, House Finches are common from coast to coast today, familiar visitors to backyard feeders. Native to the Southwest, they are recent arrivals in the East. New ...

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