Making the Chicago River a healthy, biodiverse and climate resilient lifeline through the city is the focus of many groups ...

Chicago breaks ground on a pipeline that will bring water from the Great Lakes to some suburbs whose groundwater is running ...

The raising of 27 bridges around the city will begin Saturday as boats make their way out to Lake Michigan for the summer ...

The annual Chicago River bridge lifts start Saturday, April 19, the Chicago Department of Transportation announced Friday.

Double-crested cormorants have been thrilling Chicagoans lucky enough to witness thousands of the birds streaming along the ...

And after this blustery 75-minute Chicago River cruise has finished traversing the waters, it ends with a thrilling whizz across Lake Michigan, past Museum Campus, and Grant Park. This one departs ...

The Illinois Natural History Survey is studying and tracking smallmouth bass movements on southern Lake Michigan and in the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The body of a man was recovered from Lake Michigan Monday morning on Chicago's South Side, Chicago police said. The Marine Unit recovered the body just after 11:20 a.m. in the ...

40 Best Things to Do in Chicago, From Iconic Sights to Can ... where the Platte River flows into Lake Michigan and the waters merge. Beach fires are permitted only on mainland Lake Michigan ...

Federal cuts might hamper environmental enforcement for the Great Lakes, so state and local governments and volunteers are ...

The Brandon Road Interbasin Project is a joint project between the federal government and the states of Illinois and Michigan on the Des Plaines River, about 27 miles southwest of Chicago in Joliet, ...