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

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

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 ...

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

CHICAGO — Charlie Jacobsma slapped the surface of a pool enclosure at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium and scanned the water for movement. Moments later, the head of a beluga calf emerged, mouth agape ...

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

CHICAGO (WLS) -- An eight-month-old beluga officially has a name at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium. The calf was born to 35-year-old resident beluga Naya in July 2024. Shedd's animal care team described ...

A Shedd Aquarium penguin during a daily wellness exam. Erin Hooley/AP file Share The labor union representing Shedd Aquarium workers claimed management fired a penguin trainer in retaliation for ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Charlie Jacobsma slapped the surface of a pool enclosure at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium and scanned the water for movement. Moments later, the head of a beluga calf emerged ...