Nestled along the mighty Mississippi River in northwestern Illinois lies a natural wonderland so spectacular yet so overlooked that even many Prairie State natives have never set foot on its ancient ...

Sometimes the best treasures in Illinois aren’t found in Chicago’s glittering skyline or Springfield’s historic corridors. But tucked away where the Mississippi River carves ancient limestone cliffs ...

The genetic engineering of mosquitoes offers a potentially transformative, self-sustaining opportunity for malaria control and elimination in Africa. By rendering mosquitoes unable to transmit the ...

Tardigrades are survivors. For more than 500 million years, the microscopic “water bears” have spread all over the planet and endured some of the harshest conditions Earth has to offer. Now a new ...

U.S. health officials have issued travel advisories for Americans planning trips to certain tropical countries amid outbreaks of an untreatable mosquito-borne disease. The Centers for Disease Control ...

Scott Peterson’s mistress Amber Frey testified against him, and wrote a book about her experience during the trial Rebecca Aizin is an Associate Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

Friday is National Science Fiction Day. To honor it, some Clemson University College of Science faculty are separating fact ...