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

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. 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 ...

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

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 ...

Beluga Calf in Chicago Is Meeting the Aquarium's Pod and Will Soon Be Named CHICAGO (AP) — Charlie Jacobsma slapped the surface of a pool enclosure at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium and scanned the ...