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Illinois cicadas, loud but harmless, expected to make historic emergence in mid- to late May
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoIn a restored savanna habitat behind the Lake Forest College science center, professor Sean Menke...
Landmarks: Palos Preserves get overdue attention in ‘biggest project ever’ in Cook County
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThere are plenty of scenic elements in the Palos area Forest Preserves — oak savanna forests where...
Homewood, Will County naturalists to welcome cicadas with excitement, and Taylor Swift
Chicago Tribune· 9 hours agoSeventeen and 13 years ago, broods of cicadas found their way up the trunks and branches of old...
At Graue Mill, historical and environmental interests clash over removal of dam
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 day agoHydrologist Stephen McCracken has dedicated his career to conserving river ecosystems. But no project would consume more of his life than the historic Graue Mill dam. In 2007, he surveyed the ...
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Cicada invasion
Chicago Tribune· 24 hours agoThree species of periodical cicadas, known as Brood XIII, are expected to emerge this month from their underground habitats. What makes these creatures...
Obama’s doing the delegate thing
Politico· 3 days agoJB Pritzker at funeral: “Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza, whose brother is a Chicago police officer, spoke...virtually for first debate, by...
Daywatch: Historical and environmental interests clash at Graue Mill
Chicago Tribune· 1 day agoHydrologist Stephen McCracken has dedicated his career to conserving river ecosystems. A group of...
Chicago and Cook County make preparations for cicada invasion
CBS News· 19 hours agoThe cicadas will be coming any day now. "Why would I go to that little dinky tree when I can go to...
What Wheaton drivers should know about Gary Avenue road work
Daily Herald· 4 days agoIn some places, Gary Avenue has the feel of a country road, with an expanse of marsh on one side and...
We know more about the surface of Mars than about the floor of Lake Michigan. But what we do know is...
Gannett via AOL· 1 day agoAt the bottom of Lake Michigan, an underwater forest, a Russian satellite, more than 1,700...
