Avian flu deaths in the wild bird population have spiked, and there's been little anyone can do to help. But volunteers with Chicago Bird Collision Monitors are still out there trying. 💔💔💔 news.wttw.com/2025/01/13/chi… news.wttw.com/2025/01/13/chi…

Incredibly sad news. "The source of exposure is unknown, but zoo officials said contact with infected waterfowl was almost certainly the cause." news.wttw.com/2025/01/16/bir… news.wttw.com/2025/01/16/bir…

Sing it with me: "Conjunction junction, what's your function? Hooking up planets like Venus and Saturn." This'll be visible for a few days, so hopefully cloud cover will skedaddle. news.wttw.com/2025/01/16/ven… news.wttw.com/2025/01/16/ven…

Gales of November coming 11 months early

Can cross “stumble onto controlled burn” off my bucket list! This was sooooo cool to witness. Can’t wait to see the result this spring/summer. ⁦Chicago ParkDistrict⁩

King cobra family reunions are about to get complicated. 1 species is actually 4, and the Field Museum has a rare specimen of one of the new branches. Field Museum news.wttw.com/2025/01/30/fie… news.wttw.com/2025/01/30/fie…

It’s #ReversetheRedDay —a day to spotlight efforts to recover endangered species. Today’s ⁦WTTW - Chicago PBS⁩ newsletter shares Chicago’s role in this movement. ⁦Shedd Aquarium⁩ ⁦MortonArboretum⁩ ⁦Chicago Botanic Garden⁩ ⁦Brookfield Zoo Chicago⁩ ⁦ wttw-wfmt.prospect2.com/index.php?acti…

Looks like we picked up an inch of salt-fall in Chicago. Egads! This is on Foster Avenue bridge over Chicago River at River Park. Waaaaay too much. ⁦MWRD⁩ ⁦Friends of the Chicago River⁩

Funds are frozen but nature isn’t. While feds review a $1.5m grant to restore prairie and wetlands, invasive species will likely creep back in. Then there’s the $450k in work already done — not being reimbursed. news.wttw.com/2025/02/17/fed…

You’re gonna see a lot of paczki lists. Here’s one from an actual Polish-American-Chicagoan who knows the real deal when she tastes it. Paczki Day Is Next Week. Here Are 5 Bakeries to Place Your Next Order | Chicago News | WTTW news.wttw.com/2025/02/25/pac…

Saw this guy washed up at Montrose beach and wondered "what the heck?!" Here's what Chicago's crayfish expert had to say about this impressive invader 👇 news.wttw.com/2025/02/27/hav…

OMG, I’ve been getting (and deleting) these texts pretty much daily Don’t Click on Those Road Toll Texts. FBI Issues Fresh Warning About the Smishing Scam | Chicago News | WTTW news.wttw.com/2025/03/13/don…

Under the proposed change, you can’t shoot a spotted owl, for example. But you could cut down the tree it’s nesting in. And that wouldn’t be considered “harmful.” ⁦Center for Biological Diversity⁩ news.wttw.com/2025/04/23/tru…

Very proud of Patty Wetli Nicole Cardos and Brandis Friedman from WTTW - Chicago PBS News for Headline Club Lisagor Awards for Best Science/Technology Reporting & Best Reporting on Crime/Justice. & to the WTTW Digital, FIRSTHAND, Chicago Stories and Local Production teams for their awards!

A tornado watch has been issued for parts of Illinois and Indiana until 10 PM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Chicago IL, Joliet IL and Cicero IL until 8:45 PM CDT

Good and drenched in Lincoln Square. No hail.

If you’re wondering about that Beyoncé concert delay…. It’s non-stop lightning looking toward downtown Chicago

Take a seat Chonkasaurus, we’ve got a turtle chilling on a chair. news.wttw.com/2025/05/16/it-…

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