Just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis lies a natural masterpiece that somehow remains Illinois’ best-kept secret – Horseshoe Lake State Park in Granite City, where 2,960 acres of ...

John Shirey stood on the pier at Montrose Beach, bundled up in layers against the chilly wind blowing off Lake Michigan. Friday was his fourth day in a row keeping a sort of vigil. Two snowy owls had ...

The Austin Police Department recovered 20 electric scooters and several other submerged items from Lady Bird Lake on Tuesday morning in a coordinated cleanup effort intended to improve safety on the ...

There’s road biking, mountain biking and Morgan Wyatt adds birding by bicycle to that list. Wyatt, an educator at the Hunt Family Nature Center in Springdale, operated by the Arkansas Game and Fish ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Police are investigating after a body was found in Lady Bird Lake in Downtown Austin on Saturday morning. According to the Austin Police Department, officers responded to reports of a ...

WINNSBORO, S.C. — The S.C. Department of Environmental Services (SCDES) is asking the community to report sightings of an invasive plant from Brazil that’s banned in the U.S. Known as giant salvinia, ...

Oct. 22 (UPI) --Gargantuan gourds were transformed into sailing squash for the 2025 West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta races in Oregon. The annual event, which took place Sunday in Tualatin, featured ...

An illegal plant species has been spotted in a large South Carolina lake, sparking concerns about a potential invasion. There have been sightings of the invasive giant salvinia (Salvinia molesta) ...

Building a giant greenhouse for birds captured in timelapse. Tropical Storm Melissa update as "catastrophic" conditions to hit in hours Warren Buffett suggests all parents do one thing before they die ...

Nance Beston, Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Wash. Oct. 13—MOSES LAKE — The Washington State Department of Agriculture confirmed the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly known ...

SHELBYVILLE, Ill. (WAND) — A 47-year-old man is dead after a head on collision near Shelbyville Saturday morning. Illinois State Police responded around 9 a.m. to IL-16 at Shelby County Road North ...