CHICAGO (WLS) -- Thousands of birds are making a crucial migration through the Chicago area. We are right in the middle of a peak migration season, and homeowners are being urged to take steps to ...

Thousands of birds are expected to take to the skies in coming nights, triggering a migration alert in the Chicago area. According to Birdcast, a website dedicated to tracking migrating birds and ...

Millions of birds crossed over Illinois overnight in their spring migration, and “Migration Alerts” are active as those flights will continue. According to Birdcast, more than 22 million birds crossed ...

The dapper black and yellow bobolink likes the Chicago area so much he flies here every spring from South America — a journey of about 6,000 miles. By no means depleted, the plucky visitor goes on to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO (WGN) — As the weather warms and ...

The first time Inma Abreu saw a flock of sandhill cranes migrate, they were speechless. “There are no words to explain all the emotions that you feel,” Abreu said. A growing group of enthusiastic ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. It may still be summertime in Chicago. But ...

A Chicago City Council committee this week heard testimony on what can be done to provide birds safe passage through the city, and what obstacles might stand in the way of passing a bird-friendly ...

Community Cloud Forest Conservation works to alleviate poverty and protect Guatemala’s tropical cloud forests. The organization supports a range of projects that include education, reforestation, ...

CHICAGO -- The miniature golf course located behind the Fieldhouse in Douglass Park has been there for years, but had long been forgotten. That was until the Lincoln Park Zoo's community engagement ...

The fossil of Archaeopteryx is one of the most famous in the world, yet a Chicago specimen has just yielded a set of bizarre features that had literally been hiding in the rock. Using ultraviolet ...