Tag: Illinois

Urban areas probably aren’t the first places that comes to mind when you think of wetland birds. But a recent study found that around Chicago, even small urban wetlands are...

The best predictor for relocated eastern woodrats to succeed in Illinois is the presence of plenty of rocky crevices for them to nest in. Eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana) populations began...

Turkeys in Illinois use both burned and unburned areas, depending on where they are in the reproductive cycle, researchers found. They say the finding points to how managers can use...

Conservation for bumblebees in Illinois is likely lacking in wooded areas where flowers are fewer but critical to their life cycle. Researchers delved into a 22-year-long Illinois Natural History Survey...

These updates originally appear in the North Central Section of The Wildlife Society’s Fall 2019 newsletter. Photos highlighting the student chapter’s activities are also included in the section’s newsletter. Southern...

Given the dangers that wildlife can pose to aviation, federal recommendations suggests a buffer zone around runways free of things can could attract animals. But at Midway Airport in Chicago,...

When birds strike buildings in Chicago, they sometimes end up in the Field Museum of Natural History, where they’re kept as specimens. This unique collection has helped give researchers a...

Below is a summary of recent Student Chapter activities within the North Central Section of The Wildlife Society, which was included in the Section’s Spring 2019 newsletter. The newsletter includes updates from...

Throughout rural Illinois, more than 140,000 acres of farmland have been conserved for wildlife. That’s about as much as one-third the acreage of public land in the state. Like similar...

This article originally appears in the North Central Section of The Wildlife Society’s Fall 2018 newsletter. The newsletter includes updates from the Ball State University, Purdue University and Southern Illinois...