The local office of the Nature Conservancy is seeking volunteers to help clear harmful non-native plants from an Indiana wetland. The Nature Conservancy started in 1950 as an organization to ...

Retired teacher Larry Weber, of Barnum, is the author of “Butterflies of the North Woods" and “Spiders of the North Woods," among other books. Reach him via Katie Rohman at krohman@duluthnews.com.

The woods grow green from the ground up. The smaller trees and shrubs are the first to open their new leaves. These include elderberries, fly honeysuckles and gooseberries. We usually call these ...

MDC staffers, birding society members and hikers will meet outside the front door of Burr Oak Woods Conservation Nature Center, located at 1401 NW Park Rd in Blue Springs. Be sure to dress for ...

UPDATE: I-65 reopened early Tuesday morning. An explosion and semi-truck fire in northwest Indiana has closed a section of Interstate 65, police said. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are.

MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (WLS) -- The owner of an automotive repair shop in Northwest Indiana is accused of trying to scam the Merrillville Fire Department. Police said the Merrillville Fire Department ...

The Princess of Wales beamed as she delighted a group of children playing around in the woods - and received a ... Kate, 43, who joined her husband on a nature outing on the Isle of Mull this ...

PORTER COUNTY, Ind. (WLS) -- A missing fisherman's body was found in Lake Michigan on Monday, Indiana Department of Natural Resources said. At about 11:30 a.m. on Monday, someone called 911 to ...