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  INHS malacologist Sarah Douglass among the sixteen employees honored with Chancellor's Staff Excellence Award

  Apr 18, 2024 8:00 am

  Sixteen academic professionals and civil service staff members have received the 2024 Chancellor’s Staff Excellence Award. 

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  Soils are warm throughout Illinois in mid-April

  Apr 16, 2024 3:45 pm

  Warm weather has continued into April, impacting soil temperatures, according to Jennie Atkins, Water and Atmospheric Resources Monitoring (WARM) program manager at the Illinois State Water Survey.

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  INHS survey studies Illinois hunters’ beliefs about controlling disease in deer populations

  Apr 3, 2024 11:15 am

  Despite the increase in cases of chronic wasting disease in Illinois deer, hunters in recent years have gained trust in agency actions and are more positive about the use of sharpshooting to control the disease, according to a survey of hunters conducted at the Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS) at the Prairie Research Institute.

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  Water Survey program to monitor weather effects of the solar eclipse

  Apr 3, 2024 8:45 am

  As the solar eclipse brings a spectacular show in the sky on April 8, viewers can also follow its path online as the Water and Atmospheric Resources Monitoring (WARM) program at the Illinois State Water Survey offers real-time monitoring of changing weather conditions during the event. 

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  Warm and dynamic March opens spring

  Apr 2, 2024 9:15 am

  March’s warmer than average temperatures are expected to continue into April, which could lead off a warm and wet spring all the way into June, according to Illinois State Climatologist Trent Ford at the University of Illinois’ Illinois State Water Survey.

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  Forbes Biological Station celebrates 130th anniversary

  Apr 1, 2024 11:30 am

  The Illinois Natural History Survey at the Prairie Research Institute is home to the first inland field station in the United States. Founded 130 years ago, Forbes Biological Station is located in Havana, Illinois. Director Auriel Fournier reflects on the history and research legacy of the Forbes Biological Station on its anniversary.

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  Water Survey to analyze flood risks in Clinton, Fayette, Shelby, and Washington Counties, Illinois

  Mar 27, 2024 1:00 pm

  The Illinois State Water Survey (ISWS) is collecting data within the Upper, Middle, and Lower Kaskaskia River watersheds as part of a multiple-phase hydrologic and hydraulic study to help local communities identify areas of high flood risk for flood mitigation planning. 

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  University of Illinois-Washington University team part of NSF’s program focused on equitable water solutions

  Mar 19, 2024 4:15 pm

  The National Science Foundation recently announced the awarding of 15 grants, totaling $9.8 million, to interdisciplinary teams under Track K: Equitable Water Solutions, focused on research to benefit society at large. The University of Illinois team, working with researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, received $650,000 for a one-year effort to further develop their idea of passive sampling of water quality at the tap.

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  Heavenly history and the moon

  Mar 19, 2024 8:45 am

  From Ohio's lunar-aligned monuments to Cahokia's sacred rituals, journey through time to explore the profound connection between humanity and the cosmos, culminating in the anticipation of the upcoming total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. 

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  Learning by listening to the people who live it

  Mar 19, 2024 8:30 am

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