I've been gaga for beluga whales ever since I was a little kid (along with probably every other 80s/90s kid who grew up ...

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

Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium will offer expanded hours for its visitors to coincide with spring break later this month.

Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium will offer extended spring break hours later this month, along with new exhibits, interactive ...

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

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

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

Opus. It’s a musical term — meaning a set of compositions — that honors his father Beethoven and nods to the high-pitched songs that have led to these ...

Every year as part of the city’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, thousands of onlookers clad in green cheer on a boat crew sprinkling orange powder into the Chicago River to turn it a festive shade.

The calf, Opus, was born to beluga whale Naya in July. The name means a musical composition or set of compositions usually ...

Meteorological spring is officially here, and while warm temperatures still may be some weeks away, Chicago-area residents ...

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 ...