There's no feeling like coming home to a clean house. Just ask the penguins at the Shedd Aquarium.

Volunteering at a Shedd Action Day and helping restore wetland habitats by removing invasive plants like European buckthorn. ...

The Museum of Contemporary Art, the Shedd Aquarium, the Field Museum and Adler Planetarium will close to the public on Friday, Jan. 23, “in anticipation of dangerously cold weather conditions,” ...

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Two eyes peek out from under the shell of a queen conch sitting on the seafllor. Queen conch are giant herbivorous marine snails that do not crawl slowly along and leave slime trails. Instead, conch ...

Editor's Note: The video in the above player is from a previous report. Free entry to the Shedd Aquarium is offered to Illinois residents Tuesday through Thursday this week, marking the first of many ...

Shedd Aquarium Resident Free Days: Hours vary by day, Tuesday through Thursday, Jan. 6-8, and Jan. 13-20 and 27-29, and Feb. 3-5, 10-12, 17-19 and 24-26, at the John G. Shedd Aquarium, 1200 S. DuSable ...

Chicago has an endless number of eateries, monuments, shopping centers and museums to entertain visitors and locals alike, with plenty of options available throughout the bitter winter months. The ...

A young two-toed sloth makes her debut at Shedd Aquarium, inspiring visitors to connect with wildlife and rainforest conservation. Shedd Aquarium is home to a sloth once again after more than 20 years ...

Meet the people who keep the Shedd Aquarium’s animals healthy and the tanks salty. Geoffrey Baer feeds the whales at the Shedd Aquarium, where he meets a trainer who shares her love of the belugas.

CHICAGO (WKOW) -- Shedd Aquarium is adding a sloth resident for the first time in over 20 years, Alface. Alface is a two-toed sloth. She will be an ambassador for her species, helping guests connect ...

This handout picture provided by Shedd Aquarium shows a dying thicket of Acropora cervicornis (staghorn coral) in Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, on 11 September ...