The Milwaukee County Zoo has closed its Herb and Nada Mahler Family Aviary as a precautionary measure against avian influenza ...

For a second year in a row, a record number of shipwrecks were discovered in Wisconsin's Lake Michigan waters ... was bound for Menomonee, Michigan from Chicago when it ran into heavy fog near ...

Record-high summer temperatures became the new ... While much of the nation and world suffer from drought, Chicago has its Lake Michigan freshwater largesse. Freshwater is a human health necessity ...

As Purdue Baseball opens its new season at the Triple-A stadium in Sugar Land for the fourth year in a row, it's an in-state ...

Chicago is a city full of exciting athletic activities. Whether you love sports, fitness, or outdoor adventures, there is ...

Every morning and every afternoon for a month last summer, he staked out a spot at ... Located along a longtime migratory path on Lake Michigan, Cook County attracts a wide variety of birds ...

Hundreds of red-breasted mergansers have been affected by a bird flu outbreak on Chicago's Lake Michigan shoreline, raising concerns for wildlife and pets.

The largest concentrations of sick mergansers were found Saturday at North Avenue Beach and Oak Street Beach. Other birds with symptoms were reported from Hyde Park to Wilmette between Friday and ...

Alert readers of the print edition noticed a puzzling photo caption in my last column. When writing about gull identification ...

Ice seems temporary. It melts in a glass. It disappears at a sunbeam’s touch. It ebbs with the first relief of spring. But ...

You don't always have to go to the east or west coast to get a beautiful waterside vacation. Instead, head to this hidden away town on Lake Michigan.

Margie and Jeff Coopersmith moved into their Bexley condominium in 2012, after selling the Parkview Avenue home nearby where ...