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Dec 21, 2025
Shedd’s Rescued Animals: How Are They Doing?
Over the past year, staff from Shedd Aquarium’s Animal Response Team have come to the aid of animals across the globe. Here’s an update on how some of them are doing.
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Shedd’s Rescued Animals: How Are They Doing?
Dec 21, 2025
Canada Geese Give Local Hunters the Slip
It’s open season for hunters of Canada geese, but the migrating birds have found a novel way to stay out of the firing line: wintering in the city. Rabiah Mayas joins us with that story and more from the world of science.
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Canada Geese Give Local Hunters the Slip
Dec 21, 2025
UChicago, Surfrider Foundation Team Up Against U.S. Steel
Surfer environmentalists and the University of Chicago intend to sue U.S. Steel over toxic Lake Michigan spills after it twice released more than the allowable quantity of a cancer-causing chemical into the waters this year.
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UChicago, Surfrider Foundation Team Up Against U.S. Steel
Dec 21, 2025
Fracking Harms Health of Infants Born Nearby, UChicago Study Finds
Babies born within 2 miles of a fracking site are more likely to suffer negative health effects, according to a new study co-authored by a professor at the University of Chicago. 
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Fracking Harms Health of Infants Born Nearby, UChicago Study Finds
Dec 21, 2025
Duck Hunting in Chicago? Yep, at City’s Only State Park
For 70 years, hunters have been shooting waterfowl at Wolf Lake on the city’s Far South Side. It is the only state park within city limits, and one of the only places to hunt in Chicago. We go for a visit.
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Duck Hunting in Chicago? Yep, at City’s Only State Park
Dec 21, 2025
Why Do Animals (Including Humans) Play? A Chicago Researcher Explores
From siblings with snowballs to wrestling chimpanzees, playful behavior is usually easy to spot. But the question of why we play – and whether we all play for the same reasons – is less apparent.
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Why Do Animals (Including Humans) Play? A Chicago Researcher Explores
Dec 21, 2025
MAP: Snowy Owl Sightings in Chicago Area
Bird enthusiasts are enjoying an “invasion” of snowy owls in Chicago and across northeastern Illinois this winter. Check out our map of recent snowy owl sightings.  
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MAP: Snowy Owl Sightings in Chicago Area
Dec 21, 2025
4 Shedd Penguins Celebrate Landmark 30th Birthday
Meet Drake, Magdalena, Pebbles and Wellington. They are the first penguins to turn 30 at Shedd Aquarium, and among the oldest penguins in human care across the U.S.
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4 Shedd Penguins Celebrate Landmark 30th Birthday
Dec 21, 2025
Secret UFO Program Funded by Pentagon for Years
It might sound like an episode of “The X-Files,” but a story reported Saturday by the New York Times sheds light on an official Pentagon program that researched and investigated unidentified flying objects.
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Secret UFO Program Funded by Pentagon for Years
Dec 21, 2025
Zoo's Snow Monkey Paternity Test Reveals Surprise Father
A paternity test to determine the sire of four Japanese macaques born since 2014 at Lincoln Park Zoo came back with a surprising result. 
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Zoo's Snow Monkey Paternity Test Reveals Surprise Father
Dec 21, 2025
Photographer Captures Snowy Owl Along Lake Michigan
An owl loving Chicago photographer takes us along as he shoots a majestic snowy owl during the last “invasion” in 2014.
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Photographer Captures Snowy Owl Along Lake Michigan
Dec 21, 2025
Why Are Coyotes Thriving in the Chicago Area?
The coyote population in the area has about doubled since 2005, according to research by Stanley Gehrt, who’s been studying coyotes for nearly 20 years. 
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Why Are Coyotes Thriving in the Chicago Area?
Dec 21, 2025
Prolonged Cold Weather Could Tie Chicago Record
Chicago ushered in 2018 with a record-setting high temperature of 1 degree on New Year’s Day. With cold temperatures expected to persist, the city could tie a different record by the end of the week.
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Prolonged Cold Weather Could Tie Chicago Record
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