Joe Greendyk, a seasonal fisheries technician with the Illinois Natural History Survey, measures a silver carp as he and other researchers use electric currents to stun fish to study invasive carp ...

The state of Illinois received two small parcels of land near the Brandon Road Lock and Dam on the Des Plaines River in a donation earlier this month that advocates and officials are calling a ...

It’s quite the fish tale! The adventurous family known as 32 Feet Up (for all the feet of mom and the kids) arrived in Quincy in mid-October, right about the time of one of the children’s birthdays.

Hello folks, this week we're fishing for those wonderful freshwater carp. Normally, we fish for carp from shore, however this time we have a little 'car topper' aluminum boat which we take out to the ...

For decades, officials have worried the fish could wreak disaster on the world’s largest freshwater ecosystem and the ...

The Coast Guard rescued a family of three who had become stranded for over a day on an island off Martha’s Vineyard after their boat burst into flames. The man and his parents jumped off the 30-foot ...

THE FATHER AT A BURN UNIT IN BOSTON. A MIRACULOUS RESCUE ON A DESOLATE ISLAND NORTH OF MARTHA’S VINEYARD. MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY. THE COAST GUARD RECEIVING THIS FRANTIC MAYDAY CALL EARLY IN THE ...

For decades, officials have worried the fish could wreak disaster on the world’s largest freshwater ecosystem and the multibillion-dollar tourism, boating and fishing industries that rely on it. Now, ...

I’m writing to show appreciation for the environmental coverage in the newspaper. It is the top reason that I subscribe to the paper. Our region faces many environmental challenges, and these stories ...