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March 6, 2024

UIC-led effort to protect the monarch butterfly surpasses 50 industry partners

Approximately 915,000 acres will be managed as monarch habitats across 41 states

A monarch butterfly released from the UIC Heritage Garden

December 7, 2020

UIC receives $1.8M from DOE to study effects of pollinator habitats at solar energy facilities

UIC’s Energy Resources Center, UIC-ERC, will receive $1.8 million over a 3 year period, beginning in 2021.

November 11, 2020

Virtual Monarch Summit connects stakeholders, citizens to further protections for pollinators

UIC partners with energy companies, transportation agencies to protect monarch butterfly

butterfly

April 8, 2020

UIC leads largest nationwide effort to protect the monarch butterfly

Partnership with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service establishes conservation agreement

Screen shot of entry by Team Italy

December 17, 2015

Hacking for wildlife: students use technology to save the animals

36 hours of coding, no sleep, for computer science students

March 10, 2015

Capturing wildlife information through thousands of lenses

Computational ecologist Tanya Berger-Wolf collects data on wildlife in Kenya

Peregrine falcon Rosie sits on a ledge at UH

April 9, 2013

Will Rosie hatch more eggs at UH?

Is Rosie done with motherhood? We’ll have to wait and see, says Field Museum expert Mary Hennen.

April 3, 2013

Back to nature in Cook County’s backyard

Arnold Randall wants Cook County residents to rediscover nature in their Forest Preserve.

Joel Brown

February 19, 2013

Biologist ventures where the wild things are

Joel Brown’s work has taken him all over the globe. But after coming to Chicago 26 years ago, he quickly took an interest in the city.