Outdoors
A drop in mallard populations is one of the downers in the the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Waterfowl Population Status for 2023.
Fernando Esquivel and his dad, Guilo Sr., have taken father-and-son weekend fishing to other levels of life.
Ryan Donovan caught a lake trout just shy of the Illinois record, which was a good reason to take a look at why lakers are growing so big in Illinois waters.
An early shoreline king in Chicago and late summer patterns lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.
Jay Damm and Bill Peak give a visual peek at a mixed year for summer/fall mushrooms.
Making spaghetti starter is more than just the act of putting a mess of good tomatoes to use.
An endangered rusty patched bumble bee reported in Rogers Park and a beautiful photo of a flying cicada killer wasp are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
Fishing and/or wildlife watching is at another level at Hennepin-Hopper lakes at Sue and Wes Dixon Waterfowl Refuge in late summer.
The Sue and Wes Dixon Waterfowl Refuge has a couple openings, including filling the manager slot filled by retiring Rick Seibert since Hennepin-Hopper lakes opened more than 20 years ago.
Fishing the Chicago River includes everything from people cheering catches by Alex Moon and Ben Carbery downtown to the joy the Benesch family doubling up on fish many times during a morning outing last week.
The move will help preserve about 1,562 square miles just to the north and south of Grand Canyon National Park. It is President Joe Biden’s fifth monument designation.
The variety of late summer fishing — channel catfish, flatheads, walleye, freshwater drum, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, lake trout, salmon — lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report,
A rare Go & Show in late summer with Oak Brook Trout Unlimited celebrating its 50th anniversary Saturday and a fly fishing exhibit opened today at Monee Reservoir
Think you know the lakefront? Test your knowledge identifying various Windy City beaches by only looking at a photo.
Zach Suchanuk caught a muskie and lost another Saturday while fishing for smallmouth bass on southern Lake Michigan to earn Fish of the Week.
Turkey poults at Starved Rock State Park, remembering the joy of wading the Fox River with a sleeping daughter and the world record alligator gar are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
Enjoying the camaraderie, luck and feasting in Lacon for the draw for public waterfowl blinds at Woodford State Fish and Wildlife Area.
During fathers and sons’ time, Luke Niels Jr. caught a monster walleye at Shabbona Lake in mid-July and Oliver Sala caught a really big smallmouth bass Saturday on the lakefront.
Whispers come of fall kngs already coming to shore amid the usual mid-summer patterns and that leads this particularly sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.
A weekend celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Illinois Nature Preserves system and the Waterfowl Hunters Expo on Saturday in Wisconsin are in this Go & Show.
Lake Michigan eventually will give up a pike big enough to top Illinois’ long-standing record: the 26-pound, 15-ounce pike caught by Walter Klenzak on Nov. 9, 1989, from what is now called Monster Lake in Kankakee County.
Northern pike, steelhead and a smattering of kings on southern Lake Michigan lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.
Dan Grabert and Paul Eastman had a record-setting catch of flathead catfish from the Rock River.
A timely memory of a grandfather, coupling monarchs in the western suburbs, kings coughing up gobies, and celebrating Illinois Natural Areas 60th are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors beyond.
The startling parasites on a hornworm and the beauty of an indigo bunting on the North Side are among the notes from around Chicago and beyond.
Cook County hosts the nation’s first residency program for free-ranging wildlife veterinarians.
Fishing the Illinois River with Pete Riedesel went from topwater fishing to trolling to end with six species.
Fishing advice and reports going into the hottest part of summer so far lead this sprawling-raw file Midwest Fishing Report.
Andrea Gurke caught and released a personal-best muskie while fishing with her father Bob at Lake Galena.
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