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Dec 22, 2025
The ‘Buzz’ Behind Beekeeping: Colonizing a New Hive
If you’re not ready to raise chickens in your backyard, you could try your hand at another popular trend: urban beekeeping.
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The ‘Buzz’ Behind Beekeeping: Colonizing a New Hive
Dec 22, 2025
Making Baby Walleye in Cook County
Though not a terribly romantic process, walleye breeding at the Cook County Forest Preserve District produces thousands of young fish for county lakes. We take a closer look.
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Making Baby Walleye in Cook County
Dec 22, 2025
Illinois Gets ‘D’ Grade in New Report Evaluating Renewable Energy Standards
A new report from an environmental advocacy group criticizes Illinois and more than two dozen other states for adopting renewable energy plans that allow for dirty energy sources. 
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Illinois Gets ‘D’ Grade in New Report Evaluating Renewable Energy Standards
Dec 22, 2025
Field Museum Scientist Develops ‘Easy-Bake Fossil’
Fossils typically take tens of millions of years to develop, but a Chicago scientist recently helped discover a new way to simulate the fossilization process in a lab – in just 24 hours.
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Field Museum Scientist Develops ‘Easy-Bake Fossil’
Dec 22, 2025
Mars Glows Bright as it Readies for Opposition, Close Approach
For the next several days, the celestial event calendar includes some stellar highlights for observers in Chicago and around the globe.
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Mars Glows Bright as it Readies for Opposition, Close Approach
Dec 22, 2025
‘We Don’t Want Your Trash’: Residents Protest General Iron’s Move to Southeast Side
General Iron announced plans earlier this month to move its scrap metal yard from Lincoln Park to the Southeast Side, where residents are concerned about the company’s environmental track record.
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‘We Don’t Want Your Trash’: Residents Protest General Iron’s Move to Southeast Side
Dec 22, 2025
10 Outdoor Spots to Unwind and De-Stress in Chicago
Despite its moniker as “The City that Works,” Chicago features plenty of places to get away from the city’s hustle and bustle. Here are 10 spots to zen out in the city this summer.
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10 Outdoor Spots to Unwind and De-Stress in Chicago
Dec 22, 2025
Destruction of the City’s Last Waterfall Begins
Chicago is losing its last waterfall. We follow up on an earlier story to see the beginning of its demolition in River Park.
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Destruction of the City’s Last Waterfall Begins
Dec 22, 2025
World’s Next Largest Telescope Hopes to Answer Question of Life Beyond Earth
There’s a telescope under construction in Chile, and it’s slated to be the world’s largest – if it’s completed in time.
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World’s Next Largest Telescope Hopes to Answer Question of Life Beyond Earth
Dec 22, 2025
NASA’s Mission to ‘Our Star’ Named After UChicago’s Eugene Parker
Next week, the retired University of Chicago astrophysicist, 91, will watch as a probe named in his honor is launched from the Kennedy Space Center and catapulted to the sun’s corona.
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NASA’s Mission to ‘Our Star’ Named After UChicago’s Eugene Parker
Dec 22, 2025
Is Chicago the ‘Rat Capital’ of the US?
Chicago residents logged more than 50,000 complaints last year about rats, according to a new survey that ranks the city as the “rat capital” of the U.S. We separate rat fact from fiction.
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Is Chicago the ‘Rat Capital’ of the US?
Dec 22, 2025
You Found a Baby Animal on Your Chicago Block. Now What?
Residents who come across young animals in the city often think they’ve been abandoned. But that’s rarely the case. Learn how to respond when you spot kittens or other baby animals on your block. 
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You Found a Baby Animal on Your Chicago Block. Now What?
Dec 22, 2025
New ‘Bat Condo’ is 6th to Be Installed in Cook County
The structures, which look like doghouses without doors or windows, rest atop 12-foot stilts and can accommodate as many as 2,000 bats. Is this the year the bats will move in?
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New ‘Bat Condo’ is 6th to Be Installed in Cook County
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