Two state-listed plants found in northwest Illinois, from left: the dwarf, or fragile, prickly pear, Opuntia fragilis and the long-bract frog orchid, Dactylorhiza viridis.

Brian Charles, an Illinois Natural History Survey scientific specialist in botany, led a multiyear effort to rank threatened and endangered plant species in Illinois.

Some of the state-listed plants in Illinois are carnivorous, like the round-leaved sundew, Drosera rotundifolia, left, and the purple pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea.

Three state-listed plants that persist in northeast Illinois are, from left, the grass pink orchid, Calopogon tuberosus, the orange fringed orchid, Platanthera ciliaris, and the cuckoo flower, ...

Two state-listed plants which persist in northeast Illinois: the bog buckbean, Menyanthes trifoliata, left, and the lesser purple-fringed orchid, Platanthera psycodes, which is critically imperiled in ...

Students and faculty gather at the Sombrilla Plaza on UTSA’s Main Campus to celebrate the Be Bold campaign.

For the first time, gamers and fans of the celebrated EA SPORTS College Football can compete for the Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year Award — part of a new relationship with the American Heart ...

A new tool to understand how people imagine differently when reading could have potential implications for the treatment of ...

At the core of a new diagnostic test created by ASU researchers are tiny gold nanoparticles, engineered to detect extremely ...

Cats with dementia have brain changes similar to those of people with Alzheimer’s disease, offering a valuable model for studying the condition in humans, a study says.

Using AI-enhanced infrared thermography, the ROI (eye) was detected (green hatching in the image). News organizations may use or redistribute this image, with proper attribution, as part of news ...

A view of the center of our galaxy shows the Sagittarius C (Sgr C) region, where cold dust (magenta) and warmer gas and dust (cyan) surround a cluster of massive stars. The stars generate high-speed ...