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A broad-billed hummingbird, which usually doesn't go beyond Mexico and southern Arizona and New Mexico, is spotted May 5, 2021, at LaBagh Woods in Chicago.

Chicagoans can join a global ‘scavenger hunt’ in which urban areas compete to find the most wildlife

April 27, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

An iridescent beetle, bright as an emerald. A coyote in a parking lot. A beaver at the beach. A rare broad-billed hummingbird, touching down more than 1,500 miles from home....

Beachgoers enjoy themselves at Montrose Beach on June 8, 2019. Some community groups do not want the summer music fest Mamby on the Beach to take place, while the promotors are pushing back.

Imani, son of beloved piping plovers Rose and Monty, is back in Chicago and looking for love

April 26, 2023 at 4:33 p.m.

A local celebrity appeared at Montrose Beach on Tuesday. Imani, son of Chicago's beloved piping plovers Monty and Rose, was spotted at 6:30 p.m. on a quiet stretch of sand...

A driver fills the tank of an urban bus with green hydrogen at a bus depot in Palma de Mallorca, Spain on April 12, 2023.

Illinois teams up with Indiana and Michigan in an effort to land $1.25 billion to build a clean hydrogen hub

April 17, 2023 at 3:23 p.m.

A coalition based in Illinois, Indiana and Michigan has taken the next big step in its bid to obtain up to $1.25 billion in federal funding for a regional clean...

John Feltham feeds his horse Maya on the Feltham farm on Feb. 24, 2023. Feltham, a farmer in Knox County, stands near the area for a proposed 1,300-mile carbon dioxide pipeline that would be placed under land his family has owned for more than 100 years.

The company that wants to build a controversial carbon dioxide pipeline in Illinois is seeking fast-tracked approval that would skip public input

April 10, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

The company that wants to send part of a controversial 1,300-mile carbon dioxide pipeline through Illinois is seeking a fast-tracked permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that would...

A lone crocus flower blooms in the Lurie Garden at Millennium Park on March 22, 2023, in downtown Chicago.

Chicago had its 4th warmest winter in 70 years, and spring flowers are weeks ahead of schedule

March 23, 2023 at 3:09 p.m.

It's no secret that Chicago had a mild winter, but now the data is in. The period from Dec. 1 to the end of February was the city's fourth warmest...

A Ross's gull at Rainbow Beach Park on March 11, 2023, in Chicago.

Chicago birders rejoice as Arctic gull makes rare visit to local beaches: ‘This is about as good as it gets.’

March 16, 2023 at 6:18 p.m.

It was 8:15 on a Saturday morning when Woody Goss' phone started buzzing. Annoyed, he checked the screen to find that one of his birding groups was puzzling over a...

A view of North DuSable Lake Shore Drive and the open water on Lake Michigan on Jan. 31, 2023, from 875 N. Michigan Ave., the building formerly known as the John Hancock Center.

Great Lakes set a record for low ice in February, likely leading to warmer seasons for the rest of the year

March 3, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

In an ordinary Chicago winter, ice fishermen would still be scampering out onto the frozen stretches of Lake Michigan, toting fishing rods, drills — even pop-up shelters. Swimmers in sleek...

John Feltham looks at historical photos of the family farm in his home on Feb. 24, 2023, near Williamsfield.

A battle simmers in Illinois over plans to pipe in and store millions of tons of planet-warming carbon dioxide underground

February 26, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

On a subfreezing day in January, John Feltham drove his two-seat Kawasaki utility vehicle over neatly furrowed fields glistening with snow. There were deer and coyote tracks, black crows flapping...

Construction equipment sits next to the Bell Bowl Prairie adjacent to Chicago Rockford International Airport on Oct. 20, 2021, in Winnebago County.

Environmentalists to file lawsuit over Rockford’s Bell Bowl Prairie, home to the endangered rusty patched bumblebee

January 25, 2023 at 6:13 a.m.

The fight to preserve Bell Bowl Prairie in Rockford, where federally endangered rusty patched bumblebees have been found, ramped up this week, with environmentalists saying they intend to return to...

Wayne Beals proudly shows off his hyper-heating Mitsubishi heat pump outside his all-electric new construction home in Riverside on Jan. 18, 2023. He says it's really warm in winter.

Activists call for Chicago to rule out natural gas in new buildings, citing health risks, costs and climate change

January 19, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Environmentalists, activists and consumer advocates are calling on Chicago politicians to pass a clean buildings ordinance that would effectively rule out the use of natural gas in most new buildings....

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