Paul Vriend's photo of a beaver swimming at Jackson Park leads the notes package from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

In this week's girls basketball takeaways, we take a look at some conference title races that are still going into the final ...

We spent a day underwater to see how biological collection specialists are saving freshwater mussels one dive at a time.

The recently remodeled 'white on white' home sits on a 5.5-acre property with over 400 feet of private Lake Michigan beach ...

Beavers can cause property damage, but they also positively impact the environment. Some are working to peacefully manage the ...

It was a much-needed snowy weekend in the Eagle River Valley, inspiring me to some more quick hits on a variety of ...

A small boat is strategically packed with SCUBA gear – oxygen tanks line the stern – folding chairs, coolers and other bags of gear; some items shoved into every nook ...

Sadly, Mary Bono will always be synonymous with the dangers of skiing. Her globally famous former husband Sonny died in a ski ...

An AMBER Alert has been issued in Wisconsin to find a missing, pregnant 16-year-old girl who is believed to be with the ...

A lake in northeast Story County has closed temporarily after losing more than a foot of water. Story County Conservation ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale of rock, ice and water that hints at how life could have formed on Earth.