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 Shedd Aquarium recently announced new Illinois resident free days, giving guests an opportunity to escape the cold and dive into aquatic environments from coral reefs to freshwater rivers.

The Long Island Aquarium's colony of South African penguins do not like cold weather. See the "beach bums" waddle inside.

Here are the eight best museums in Chicago. The Art Institute of Chicago is the kind of place people think they’ll stop by ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Six massive projects are being planned across Grand Rapids that will transform the city’s riverfront to ...

Marineland, the shuttered amusement park in Ontario, Canada, reissued threats to euthanize 30 beluga whales and four dolphins ...

Canada’s last captive whales have a received a reprieve from death after the Canadian government conditionally approved a ...

A destructive winter storm combined with brutal cold is creating danger for many impacted across the South. Here’s the latest.

A monstrous storm with ice and heavy snow is reaching its peak and combining with brutal cold to raise the danger for millions. Here’s the latest.

With temperatures well below zero Friday morning, schools and some businesses and museums closed for the day and many people stayed inside. Still, a few brave souls ventured out.

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,” ...