Michael Esposito

Some days you can't help but encounter clowns: hurtling down the highway, waffling in the workplace, talking in the theater. Floppy shoes abound, even at the Museum of Science and...

First presented in 1998, "Living Colors: A Butterfly Garden," now featuring 38 species of butterflies and moths, returns to a screened garden outside the Field Museum through Labor Day. According...

Fashioned in the shape of a car's license plate, "Sweep!" and "Splash!" ($5.95 each) are the latest in the Pleasant Co.'s Matchbox Books series. Both books feature adventure stories with...

Having survived Vietnam, the Cold War, Reaganomics and Clintonian ethics, why should a little thing like aging pose a hurdle for Baby Boomers? By 2005 an estimated 85 million Boomers...

It is handcrafted of titanium and leather in a limited edition of 1,000, with only 500 slated for the U.S. The latest Rolls-Royce? Hardly, but it is from a British...

As families prepare for vacations near the water, whether fishing, canoeing or boating, the U.S. Coast Guard reminds people, and especially children, to wear lifejackets. Boating fatalities continued their downward...

Thursday marks the fifth annual Space Day, an international educational initiative to advance science, math and technology; the initiative also gives students hands-on opportunities to learn about living and working...

Mom and Dad shot 127 hours of videotape on your trip to Disney World and didn't get a single good shot (not to mention the awful camera-shake on the Mad...

Delivery-room footage reveals ecstatic new parents following the birth of their daughter. With 10 fingers and 10 toes, little Savannah Sinclair is "perfect." But soon her parents begin to realize...

Nature-loving children from 3 to 8 may be interested in the Chicago Botanic Garden's Camp CBG. Children are grouped into camps based on age: Green Sprouts for ages 3 and...