Their story was filled with drama, anchored by hope and, depending on who you asked, one ultimately about love. But it was never going to last forever. Monty, one half of Chicago’s endangered Great ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Great Lakes piping plovers at Montrose Beach are expanding their flock! The Chicago Park Districted announced Thursday that Monty and Rose, a pair of endangered birds, have ...

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A local celebrity appeared at Montrose Beach on Tuesday. Imani, son of Chicago’s beloved piping plovers Monty and Rose, was spotted at 6:30 p.m. on a quiet stretch of sand favored by shorebirds. He ...

CHICAGO (CBS) – One million species are threatened with extinction, and climate change is a primary reason to blame, according to new research. Hundreds of these species live in the Illinois ecosystem ...

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Chicago’s preeminent plovers are together again, settling in for their third summer of saving their species at Montrose Beach along the Lake Michigan coast. Monty and Rose, the endangered Great Lakes ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- After spending the winter separately Texas and Florida, Chicago's first fowl couple, Monty and Rose the piping plovers, are back. To the delight of bird enthusiasts, known as birders, ...