Michael Esposito

People usually venture to forest preserves in search of nature, but sometimes they unknowingly leave behind hazards such as plastic six-pack rings, which can entrap animals, or discarded fish hooks...

Armed Forces Day is Saturday and Navy Pier is marking the occasion. During the weekend, pier visitors can try inflatable obstacle courses, check out a Navy F-18 flight simulator, get...

As Apollo 17's lunar module lifted off the moon's surface on Dec. 14, 1972, who would have guessed that in 2002, human beings still would not have returned. People are...

Babies mock those little towels adults use at burping time. As if a little square of cloth is going to stop Baby from marking its caregiver so other babies know...

"Inspiring Children" is the theme of Chicago's 3rd annual Earth Day Festival 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday across from the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, 2430 N. Cannon Drive. Area...

"If cats died when they climbed trees and were too frightened to get back down, where are the cat skeletons in trees?" is the sort of insight in "Real People...

In Victorian times, cakes were a big deal. Manual blending, beating and sifting were too much work, so cakes were saved for special events such as children's birthdays, couples' anniversaries,...

Keep this number near the phone: 800-222-1222. That's the toll-free, nationwide hot line for poison-control centers. It routes calls from anywhere in the United States to the nearest poison-control center....

Traveling youngsters might want to check out WeeBeeTunes Travel Adventures' "Get Your Passport!" Mz. Bee and the Travel Friends bring preschool and early grade-school children along on 14 adventures to...

Scientists fear that as much as 80 percent of the monarch butterfly population may have been killed when a January storm struck the butterflies' winter colonies in Mexico, according to...