The purported rat sighting on a remote Alaskan island would not have gotten attention in many places around the world, but it caused a stir on St. Paul Island, which is part of the Pribilof Islands.
Drought monitor shows 45% of Illinois is being affected by at least a moderate drought and parts of southern Illinois are experiencing severe drought.
The city skyline will perfectly frame the sunrise and sunset Sunday, a photo-worthy phenomenon that marks the first day of fall.
A coalition of community groups has come together to oppose the Chicago Bears’ plans for a new lakefront stadium.
CO2 pipelines and storage are part of a burgeoning climate industry encouraged under federal climate law but mistrusted by many farmers and environmentalists.
On the Far South Side, Steelworkers Park and the Calumet sewage plant are among the unexpected sites in the city that offer prime birdwatching during the fall migration.
What will change — for new solar roof owners only — is they will get smaller bill credits for the excess solar they produce and export to the the grid.
Bred and reared for the meat industry, most domestic ducks can’t fly because their bodies are oversized and their wings are too small.
Investigators reviewing the emergency response to last year’s wildfire that killed 102 people on Maui said in a report released Friday they found “no evidence” Hawaii officials made preparations for it, despite days of warnings that critical fire weather was coming.
Shortly after Hurricane Francine’s storm surge flooded a cemetery in the Louisiana bayou town of Dulac, Lori-Ann Bergeron arrived to check on three generations of family graves. Their tombstones were fine, but neighboring caskets had emerged beside broken crosses and soggy flower bouquets.