Morgan Greene

Lyons firefighters deliver Tim Sachs and his two daughters Natasha, 8, right, Katrina, 10, and their dog Carol to dry ground after heavy rains flooded homes in the area of the intersection of Southview Avenue and Circle Drive on May 18, 2020, in Brookfield.

As UN issues stark warning in new climate change report, Illinois scientists note what’s happening globally is also happening here

August 10, 2021 at 10:31 p.m.

The dramatic transformations already underway in a warming world will only become more severe without drastic change — and time is running out to avoid increasingly severe consequences, according to...

Arlene Ryndak points out an osprey to her grandchildren in Busse Woods.

Still a threatened species in Illinois, the osprey has made a comeback in Cook County

August 6, 2021 at 7:27 p.m.

It's not too late to see an osprey flying overhead or swooping down to seize a writhing fish out of water — both remarkable sights in Cook County considering the...

Ian Makintosh, left, fills the gas tank of Jim Munoz's, right, charter fishing boat in Leland Marina, July 26, 2021, in Leland, Michigan. When asked how the invasive mussels have affected the fishing industry, he replied, "There were probably a lot more fish in the early days — a lot more salmon."

An estimated 300 trillion invasive mussels blanket Lake Michigan. Eradication may be impossible, but small-scale removal efforts could be the answer.

August 1, 2021 at 5:42 p.m.

The divers leaned back from the edge of the boat and splashed into water, bobbing up for a moment before dropping down to a world just a few miles off...

Quagga and zebra mussels shells, along with other shells and debris, clutter the dunes area at Montrose Beach on April 13, 2021, in Chicago. Both types of mussels are considered invasive species.

Scientists study the genetics of invasive mussels seeking ways to turn off the genes that allow them to spread and survive

July 31, 2021 at 6:57 p.m.

In Lake Michigan, mussels face divers ready to scrape them off rocks, molluscicides pumped underwater capable of tearing apart their digestive systems, another invasive species hungry for their young and...

Piping plover chicks, right, with either Monty or Rose at Montrose Beach on July 10, 2021, in Chicago.

Imani and Siewka are the latest members of the Montrose Beach piping plover family

July 31, 2021 at 1:07 a.m.

The two surviving chicks of endangered Great Lakes piping plovers Monty and Rose may soon be flying south. But some of the birders who kept watch over them this summer...

Beachgoers enjoy themselves at Montrose Beach on June 8, 2019. Some community groups do not want the summer music fest Mamby on the Beach to take place, while the promotors are pushing back.

Monty and Rose did it again: Chicks hatch after skunk incursion

July 10, 2021 at 9:30 p.m.

Not the threat of a music festival, or Fourth of July fireworks, or rogue dogs and volleyballs, or high lake levels and gnarly storms — not even a skunk —...

Workers from a body removal service transport a 48-year-old man was who fatally shot inside a home on the 8600 block of South Aberdeen Street, July 5, 2021, in Chicago.

Fireworks, heat and violence: First Fourth of July weekend without restrictions since the pandemic began

July 6, 2021 at 7:39 p.m.

Chicagoans celebrating their first relatively normal Fourth of July in two years were met with the usual markers of a long holiday weekend in the summer: scorching heat, fireworks, crowds...

Cars and people move past as a firework explodes near the intersection of North State and East Washington streets in the Loop on July 4, 2021.

Hundreds of young people flood the Loop as fireworks go off around the city

July 5, 2021 at 10:21 p.m.

Hundreds of young people and Chicago police officers flooded the Loop on the Fourth of July, leading to 57 arrests as fireworks exploded in densely populated areas. About 8:30 p.m.,...

Girl, 6, shot early Monday in same Chicago neighborhood as 5-year-old girl about 8 hours earlier

July 5, 2021 at 7:36 p.m.

A 6-year-old girl and her mother were wounded early Monday in a drive-by shooting in West Pullman, the same neighborhood where a 5-year-old girl had been shot about eight hours...

‘Thankfully they will be all right’: Top cop says after 2 Chicago police officers shot on the West Side while dispersing a crowd

July 5, 2021 at 7:34 p.m.

Two Chicago police officers were shot early Monday on the West Side, officials said. Chicago police Superintendent David Brown addressed reporters Monday outside Stroger Hospital, where the officers were rushed...

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