Shedd offering healthy menu options for children

CHICAGO | Chicago's Shedd Aquarium is now offering healthy menu options to the more than 750,000 children who visit each year.

Chicago River reversal nothing to be concerned about, experts say

Rumors circulating that the Chicago River may reverse itself due to low water levels in Lake Michigan are bogus, according to experts at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Aspire students participate in Shedd wreath contest

GARY | Nearly 100 middle school students at Aspire Charter Academy in Gary participated in the Shedd Aquarium Wreath-Cycled Classroom Challenge. The contest was sponsored by the McDonald's Owner Operators of Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana.

3 Asian carp now at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium

CHICAGO | Three Asian carp now call Chicago's Shedd Aquarium home.

Baby beluga makes debut at Shedd on Friday

CHICAGO | The baby beluga whale born at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium is a girl.

1 of last 2 Exxon Valdez-rescued sea otters dies

In this April 3 photo provided by the Shedd Aquarium, Lisa Takaki, the aquarium's senior director of marine mammals, interacts with Kenai, one of the last two sea otters rescued from the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska in 1989.

1 of last 2 Exxon Valdez-rescued sea otters dies

This April 3 photo provided by the Shedd Aquarium shows Kenai, one of the last two sea otters rescued from the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska in 1989. Shedd Aquarium officials said Wednesday that they euthanized the 23-year-old, female sea otter on Tuesday.

1 of last 2 Exxon Valdez-rescued sea otters dies

CHICAGO | One of the last two sea otters rescued from the Exxon Valdez oil spill off Alaska's coast in 1989 has been euthanized at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium, officials said Wednesday.

Baby beluga whale born at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium

CHICAGO | There's a new baby beluga at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium.

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Jazzin' at the Shedd a fun way to celebrate summer

The Chicago skyline. Lake Michigan. The Shedd Aquarium. Fireworks. You can’t ask for much more than that, but in case you’re extra hard to please, they tossed in a few live jazz bands.

Our Kids: Attia Gray, 15, spends summer studying marine life

With all due respect to the actual parameters of the potential assignment, Hammond Academy of Science and Technology sophomore Attia Gray can probably wrap up one of those tried-and-true “What I Did On My Summer Vacation” essays with just one simple word: water.