You can stand-up paddleboard at sunset, bring your dog to Morton Arboretum, attend the 4th Annual Wild Mile Block Party and ...

The Elmhurst History Museum celebrates its new performance space this summer with a new 4th Fridays Concert Series, special ...

In general, evolution is a long, slow process of tiny changes passed down over generations, resulting in new adaptations and ...

Sotheby's is auctioning a Ceratosaurus skeleton that used to be displayed at the Mountain America Museum of Ancient Life in ...

As climate change has led to more severe weather, wildfires, storms and more, many people are thinking about how to save what ...

A new Field Museum study reveals that Chicago's chipmunks have grown larger with shorter teeth due to processed human food, ...

Chipmunks are members of the same family as squirrels. The small rodents spend most of their time aboveground, eating seeds, ...

Chicago is an unexpected wellness hub, with surprising options for metaphysical wellness, mindfulness treatments, a calmcation, and ways to nurture mind, body & soul ...

As Pizza Rat proved, some creatures can adapt to just about anything, even the concrete jungle. And it isn’t just New York ...

Chicago rodents have evolved with city life. Museum skulls reveal how urbanization is quietly reshaping wildlife.

Urban wildlife is evolving right under our noses — and scientists have the skulls to prove it. By examining over a century’s ...