Dragging the weighted black bait box out from the brush with his boots, Ryan Campbell wiped a few beads of sweat from his ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Environmental concerns have been discovered at a site in the Morgan Park neighborhood where the City of Chicago had planned to build a migrant tent camp. According to Mayor ...

Explore the environmental impact of dyeing the Chicago River green for St. Patrick's Day, balancing tradition with ecological concerns.

Urban wildlife is evolving right under our noses — and scientists have the skulls to prove it. By examining over a century’s ...

The study, published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, found that 68% of children 6 and under in Chicago – a total of 129,000 – have been exposed to lead-contaminated drinking water.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson spoke about the city's new approach to fight air pollution problems by focusing on environmental justice.

Climate change is warming the world above and below ground, and what's happening below could be causing the world's cities to slowly sink, a new study suggests. “Underground climate change is a ...

Analyzing a diverse range of metrics that consider not only the cost of living but also the quality of life in the Windy City ...

The findings of a new study "clearly show that interfering with the environment has a detectable effect on wildlife," a ...

The research, published Monday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, estimated that 68 percent of children under the age of 6 in Chicago are exposed to lead-contaminated drinking water.

CHICAGO—The city’s current goal to remove lead drinking water pipes within half a century is too long of a timeline, environmental activists argued at a rally here on Wednesday.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has devised a strategy to help curb the city's long-standing environmental racism problem.