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CHICAGO - Shedd Aquarium’s newest rockhopper penguin, hatched in June, recently took its first swim. "After fledging fluffy feathers for sleek, waterproof ones, the chick was ready for its first swim, ...

A new study by the Shedd Aquarium has found that the Chicago River system continues to recover from pollution, as evidenced by the fish species that have been spawning in the river system. A report on ...

It’s a thought that haunts the over-stimulated, over-movied imagination: a school of hungry piranhas eating you alive. And while our Café writer Jason Sheehan would have preferred that fate to the ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Downtown Aquarium announced its white Bengal tiger died over the weekend. The tiger, Marina, was part of the Downtown Aquarium family for more than 20 years. The Aquarium ...

ATLANTA — It might have been the setting for a "Jaws" movie. Six snorkelers wading like ducks in a row, cruising just below the surface of the water while watching exotic fish dart beneath them. It ...