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Goats help clear DuPage campground of poison ivy

May 23, 2019 at 6:53 a.m.

Midway through a 9-to-5 workday on Wednesday, Gavin Burseth had nothing but praise for the crew he was overseeing: a dedicated herd of goats working nonstop to clear poison ivy...

Employee Lora Harold stands in a doorway of the 1839 wood-peg barn in DeKalb County that houses Josie's Antiques. The barn, saved by repurposing, is "a piece of history, an amazing structure," said store owner Josie Hopkins. "It would be disastrous to not save it."

Barn advocates try to save symbol of heartland

June 18, 2018 at 8:16 a.m.

For years Pat Huth came home from vacation with photos she'd taken of barns she admired on her journeys, but she never thought to take any of the ones around...

One of the 4, 12-foot chimney swift towers in Kane County. This one's at the LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve in St. Charles. The towers were constructed by the Veterans Conservation Corps of Chicagoland, a group of military veterans.

Birds lovers take on towering task for chimney swifts

May 16, 2019 at 4:16 a.m.

Sometimes on summer evenings, Marion Miller likes to sit in her lawn chair and enjoy the air show happening overhead. With soft and rapid twittering, small smudge-gray birds known as...

Nature buffs put some names on forest preserve map

May 14, 2019 at 1:53 a.m.

Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve, near Darien, is best known for its dramatic tiered falls constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s. But a naturally occurring waterfall, tucked back...

Aurora man hopes outhouse dig yields trash from the past

June 17, 2018 at 1:48 p.m.

No one has ever peered into the history of Aurora's Tanner family the way Mike Renaud plans to do on Saturday morning. Renaud is going to dig where outhouses belonging...

Hurricanes with women’s names significantly more deadly: study

June 21, 2019 at 4:27 a.m.

Bertha, Dolly, Fay and Hanna could be on the way now that the Atlantic hurricane season started Sunday. And recent research suggests it's time to give the storms with feminine...

Miniversion of Wrigley Field a hit in Freeport

June 17, 2018 at 3:54 p.m.

— Denny Garkey waited out the season's first rain delay in the gift shop at Little Cubs Field last weekend. He and volunteers had come to prepare the community gathering...

A cow ‘maternity ward’ flourishes in western Illinois

December 23, 2018 at 4:21 p.m.

— Before the sun could shine over the glazed fields of west-central Illinois, farmers Steve and Brice Jack were eyeballing one of the 35 pregnant cows in their barn. Her...

Science refreshes its view of aging

August 19, 2019 at 2:38 a.m.

How do we stay healthy and mobile into our senior years? How do we stave off dementia? Exercise regularly. Stay mentally active. Nurture rich social connections. Find things you enjoy...

Science refreshes its view of aging

May 14, 2019 at 12:36 a.m.

How do we stay healthy and mobile into our senior years? How do we stave off dementia? Exercise regularly. Stay mentally active. Nurture rich social connections. Find things you enjoy...

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