While the great cicada emergence of 2024 brought a historic convergence of cicada broods, what will happen in 2025?

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From batch sales of unopened rocks on eBay to discreet phone calls to higher-dollar patrons, Illinois’ commercial fossil ...

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U.S. bird populations are experiencing alarming declines due to factors such as habitat loss and climate change, according to ...

Scientists checked in on species all over the country for the latest State of the Birds report. Nearly everywhere they looked, birds were struggling—including some that have been resilient in ...

The female beaver, who is likely pregnant, has been spotted along the South Branch of the Chicago River near docks in the Pilsen, Bridgeport, and McKinley Park neighborhoods.

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Birds have remarkable ways of finding feeders that combine keen senses with social learning and memory. That first chickadee discovering your brand-new feeder isn't just random luck—it's the result of ...

An explosion of life seemed to have occurred around 2.5 billion years ago. Since then, there have been several times when there have been large extinctions of animals and other forms of life. For the ...