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On Saturday, volunteers turned LaGrange Park Woods into a natural "rage room,” snapping, sawing and burning invasive buckthorn threatening the area.

Throughout Chicago, families have access to a number of community spaces for enrichment and learning, from world-class museums to neighborhood cultural centers. However, rising ticket prices, ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (NewsNation) — The Shedd Aquarium in Chicago is now equipped with an on-site CT scanner to help diagnose and treat the aquatic ...

"GMA" heads to Chicago's Shedd Aquarium and takes a scenic paddle down the Chicago River as part of its new "Kayak for Conservation" initiative. Trump suffers major blow in Ukraine poll Nick Saban ...

CHICAGO (WGN) – Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium performed a historic surgery on a 12-year-old beluga whale named Kimalu. The aquarium announced that during surgery on Tuesday, July 1, experts were able to ...

A beluga whale at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium had a groundbreaking surgery that is poised to change the future of beluga whale care worldwide. Kimalu, a 12-year-old 1000 pound beluga whale, is recovering ...

CHICAGO — No, she isn’t green. Well, not her coat anyway. The newest addition to Shedd Aquarium’s rescued sea otters officially has a name: Jade. The aquarium revealed the name Monday in a news ...

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Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium will offer expanded hours for its visitors to coincide with spring break later this month. The attraction, which has hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for most of the week, will be ...