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EAST ALTON The National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRRECsm) is currently in its second year of a treefrog research project taking place

In Illinois, as elsewhere, Civil War troops came from a wide variety of occupations. In one regiment, many men were future teachers.

In a rare move last week, the state Senate rejected a gubernatorial appointee to the...

The Marion Unit 2 Board of Education heard from four science teachers on Tuesday night, who detailed their efforts in teaching about sustainability and the environment.

I occasionally "backroad" to work. It's a nice respite from four-lane asphalt to rumble along the gravel, looking out from deep in the middle of nowhere on fields, streams, forests and animals.

It’s not often a bird makes the headlines. Especially on a newspaper’s front page, including an editorial board commentary, too.

Oh, what fun it was back in the Oughts when folks in Arkansas still had hopes of finding/seeing/recording the Lord God Bird. Which is another name for the American ivory-billed woodpecker. Which is another name for Campephilus principalis.

A rare woodpecker last seen in the Big Woods of east Arkansas is extinct, according to the federal government.

Throughout the years, people have searched for lost treasures whether they seek a buried pirate chest or a sunken ship carrying gold. There are

Concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, have declined, leading to the advisory’s removal for the first time since the 1970s.