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You might expect turtles that live near each other or in similar environments would be genetically similar. But new research shows that magnetic fields actually have more to do with genetic likeness.

Many public comments cited a clash between corporate greed and the welfare of people and the environment. Nestlé is seeking to pump 576,000 gallons of water each day from a well in western Michigan.

There's concern that the U.S. push to send more natural gas to Europe will come at a cost to the climate. But experts say the Ukraine crisis may actually invigorate efforts around sustainable energy.

The Central Illinois hub of Children’s Home & Aid has a new regional site director.Mendy Smith started working at the Bloomington facility in 1998 as an…

Gov. Bruce Rauner signed an executive order Wednesday assembling a task force to fight the state’s opioid crisis.The governor’s Opioid Overdose Prevention…

Lead levels that surpass state guidelines have been found in six Unit 5 elementary schools.Those schools include Fairview, Colene Hoose, Hudson, Parkside,…

Denise LaGrassa is known best in the Central Illinois area and in Chicago for her jazz-blues sound.But lately, with a new EP recorded live at…

Kristin Espeland Gourlay joined Rhode Island Public Radio in July 2012. Before arriving in Providence, Gourlay covered the environment for WFPL Louisville, KY’s NPR station. And prior to that, she was a reporter and host for Wyoming Public Radio. Gourlay earned her MS from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and her BA in anthropology from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR.

Authorities are searching for a missing radioactive container in Illinois and Indiana. A southern Illinois logging company reported Friday that it wasn't…

The Illinois State Water Survey says last month was the ninth warmest September on record for Illinois. A statement from the research body says the…