Like the wonderful children’s book reminds us, “everybody poops,” and Canada geese are no exception.
The Illinois Natural History Survey’s Forbes Biological Station and the Wildlife Veterinary Epidemiology Laboratory at the University of Illinois
In 2010, Illinois Natural History Survey Director Mike Dreslik found something strange on the road. It was a massasauga rattlesnake, an endangered species in Illinois, and its head was deformed, covered in strange sores. He
The Department of the Interior is fining a green energy company with sites in Illinois more than $30,000 after wind turbines knocked two American bald eagles out of the sky, according to a violation notice.
Field reports from Illinois Conservation Police CPOs. These reports are from the Nov. 14, 2025 edition of Outdoor News.
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Nov. 14, 2025 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
This is the time of year when many flying insects are desperate for sweets, as anyone who has tried to drink a can of soda on their deck can attest, often waving off wasp after
For 16 or 17 years in a row, I’ve gotten the same phone call from 16 or 17 different deer hunters just before the gun season.
“You’re always writing about how good of shape
The American bison (Bison bison) strikes me as one of those animals that doesn’t get the admiration or respect that other large animals command.
The public adores brown bears, moose, and elk. Hunters prize
Night hunting has undergone some significant changes in the early decades of the 21st century thanks, in large part, to the advancements in thermal and night vision optics.
We’ve gone from hunters slogging through
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