ecology

Illinois State University already recycles, tries to reduce food waste, and is swapping out lighting fixtures for lower energy LED fixtures. Elisabeth Reed, the director of ISU's Office of Sustainability and member of the Presidential Sustainability Council, said ISU's first Sustainability Strategic Plan plan offers a road map to do more.

As climate change and human industry destroy once thriving habitats, scientists are using samples from herbariums to piece together the history of our…

Students can learn what gives the Prairie State its name this summer thanks to a grant program that pays for field trips to study Illinois'…