
Backyard and Beyond: Gray squirrel defends its nest from hawk
The last thing a mother gray squirrel wants to see is a red-tailed hawk landing near her nest, intent on feasting on her babies. Nick D’Addio caught the action as a big hawk menaced a

The last thing a mother gray squirrel wants to see is a red-tailed hawk landing near her nest, intent on feasting on her babies. Nick D’Addio caught the action as a big hawk menaced a

Scientists at the Illinois Natural History Survey have found clues to determine when the state’s timber rattlesnakes emerge from their cold-weather underground dens.
Just in case anyone wants to spy them sunning themselves in

A U.S. Supreme Court decision last year stripping wetlands of most federal protections is drawing more attention to places like Fulton County’s Emiquon Nature Preserve, and what states like Illinois can do in response.

Brad Semel, a DNR endangered species recovery specialist based in McHenry, was called to Wilmette April 24 and quickly mapped out a plan. The International Crane Foundation arrived a few hours later and crew member

Wisconsin’s sharp-tailed grouse received a boost when the Natural Resources Board (NRB) approved a new management plan that should help populations of these “dancing” birds.
Sharp-tailed grouse are native to Wisconsin and live in

Park rangers got a call about the man allegedly harassing a bison herd and kicking one of them about seven miles inside the park’s west entrance on April 21.

Responding to stubborn opposition by hunters, Pennsylvania game commissioners again postponed action on a plan to reintroduce pine martens to the state.
The decision to “indefinitely delay” acceptance of the American Marten Reintroduction and Management

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio DNR (ODNR) Director Mary Mertz recently announced that the Ohio Wildlife Council has voted to remove the trumpeter swan from the state’s threatened species list. The delisting culminates a

All the wonders of nature are wrapped up in a 40-pound densely furred, oily creature with orange ferrous-infused teeth, webbed feet, and a scaled leathery tail.
The American beaver possesses a fascinating way of
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