The union filed a charge with the National Labor Relations Board saying the aquarium's management violated federal labor law.

The name is also a nod to whale’s father and the high-pitched songs that have led these mammals to be dubbed the “canaries of the sea.” ...

Shedd Aquarium announced that its seven-month-old beluga whale has been named Opus following an exclusive vote by aquarium members.

Tucked in a small habitat in Shedd Aquarium’s Polar Play Zone, a group of tiny orange-brown sea stars tell a much bigger ...

Opus was the top vote-getter in a virtual poll the aquarium ran exclusively for Shedd members. The baby beluga boy was born last summer.

A group of microscopic sunflower sea star larva arrived at Shedd Aquarium last year and have been bulking up behind the ...

The sea stars play a key role in the ecosystem, which is why the Shedd is trying to help keep them from becoming extinct.

The Shedd Aquarium is raising a group of critically endangered sunflower sea stars. When they arrived a year ago, researchers ...

The decades-old St. Patrick's Day tradition routinely attracts tens of thousands of revelers to the riverfront, but in recent ...

Chicago Public Schools students will be on spring break next week, and numerous museums in the city will have free admission ...

Penguin International's "March of the Penguin Madness" is a bracket-style tournament that aims to educate participants on ...