Wildlife

Events

Gardening with Wildlife | Cherry Valley

March 26, 2025

County

Winnebago

Cook County Master Naturalist Training

April 4, 2025 - June 13, 2025

County

Cook

Hooked on Fishing

April 21, 2025

County

Christian

Jersey

Macoupin

Montgomery

Stewardship Week 2025

April 23, 2025 - April 25, 2025

County

Pope

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Blog Posts

a cedar waxwing bird sitting on a tree branch with a red berry in its mouth

Berry Succession: Creating a continuous food source for birds

March 14, 2025

One of the most favored hobbies of outdoor enthusiasts, gardeners, and wildlife lovers is feeding the birds. Setting out a bird feeder with seed or...

A dead brown duck washed up on a lakeshore

How avian flu is affecting wildlife in Illinois

February 11, 2025

In early February, dead birds began washing up on the Chicago lakeshore: red-breasted and common mergansers, Canada geese, and others. In a city...

close up of old jack o'lanterns in a pile

Don’t trash pumpkins this Halloween: Smash them!

October 30, 2024

Apple cider and crisp fall air call for Halloween festivities and of course, you can’t forget about pumpkins! It would not be an Illinois Halloween...

Pollinator tips for fall clean up time

September 9, 2024

Where did summer go? It seems like we were just enjoying the sun, imagining all the wonderful produce our gardens would make, and looking...

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News Releases

a whitetailed deer running through grass in fall

March 19, 2025

Hunters Feeding Illinois provides 97,000 meals to Illinois families
URBANA, Ill. — In the 2024-25 hunting season, Hunters Feeding Illinois distributed 25,794 pounds of frozen, ground venison to 54 food pantries across east-central and southern Illinois. This provided an estimated 97,000 meals, reaching nearly 49,800 families.Formerly the Illinois Deer...

A masked man with a headlight holds a bat in gloved hands

February 26, 2025

Genomic tools provide clearer view of health for endangered bats
URBANA, Ill. — How do wildlife researchers know when an endangered population is sick? They can detect infectious microbes in animal waste, but the presence of a microbe doesn’t always equate to impactful symptomatic infections. In a...

January 30, 2025

What to know about avian flu in wild birds, poultry, and pets in Illinois
URBANA, Ill. — The nationwide spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza, HPAI, also known as avian or bird flu, has many in Illinois concerned about livestock, pets, wildlife, food safety, and public health.HPAI is an extremely contagious and frequently deadly respiratory disease for...

January 15, 2025

Songbirds socialize on the wing during migration, new study says
URBANA, Ill. — The night sky teems with migrating songbirds, aloft in their millions following routes etched in evolutionary time. But those flight paths may not be entirely innate, according to new research...

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Videos

Wetland Portrayal in Modern Film

Have you ever thought about wetlands and how they are portraied on screen? Is it the truth? Illinois Extension is here with information

Join University of Illinois Extension and Dr. Jeffrey Matthews of the...

White-Tailed Deer Habitat

From deer to other wildlife, Illinois Extension is here with information

Join University of Illinois Extension and Dr. Jameson Mori of the Illinois Natural History Survey in this info-packed Wilderness Wednesday webinar sponsored by the...